Victoria Zak - 20,000 Secrets of Tea: The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Natures Healing Herbs

Chapter 1The Wonders of Tea
The history of herbal teas from the discovery of the first tea to their popularity on a global scale.

Chapter 2Sympathetic Remedies
Down-to-earth methods for adding herbal treatments to your daily menu, with step-by-step instructions for using herbs as teas.

Chapter 3The Bounty of Blends
A simple formula to help you make your own inspirational blends of herbal teas at home as well as fabulous recipes for bountiful blends, with guidelines to evaluate commercial blends.

Chapter 4Teas and Specialties
A cornucopia of special uses for teas: teas to cut your sugar consumption, teas for slimming, healing waters for botanical baths, and suggestions for setting up a modern medicinal kitchen with herbal teas.

Chapter 5Herbal Guide to Health
An A-Z guide to common health problems and health-oriented issues, followed by the herbal teas that are best used to treat them.

Chapter 6A Modern Herbal Tea Garden
More than 100 herbs are treated individually, with their official names, descriptions of the plants, stories and lore, uses in history, studies that reveal their unique nature, cautions to consider, properties and values, and proper parts to use.

The father of medicineHippocrateswas once quoted as saying, Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food. In the following piece of literature, the wisdom of the author reveals the healing properties of natural plants that have been in use for over four thousand years. This book could not have been written in a more timely fashion, as we are now entering an age where illness is reaching epidemic proportions.

Many of the pharmaceutical drugs we have today have their origins in natural plants, and many new medicines will be discovered in our rain forests in the near future. Conventional medicine has saved many lives with its advanced technology, and I know many people who are alive today thanks to a particular type of drug or surgery that is available in our medical arsenal. But I also believe that many more will be saved by knowing the truth about natural plants, so that we can use the plants as God intended: And the fruit there shall be for meat, and the leaf for medicine.Ezekiel 47:12.

It is in every persons best interest to learn and know about our planet and the plants that grow on it.

Charles E. Facey, ND,
Doctor of Naturopathy, Master Herbalist, and Certified Homeopath and Holistic Consultant

My own life has been so enriched by herbs and herbal teas that I want to share my enthusiasm with you. Like many people, Ive tried herbs in myriad forms, but I can honestly say that I havent found another way to take herbal remedies for health treatments that can match the simplicity, grace, and effectiveness of herbal teas.

As you venture further into this book to learn more about herbs and herbal teas, I hope you will always remember to use a good measure of common sense for your guide.

A study in 1996 on consumer preferences interviewed people who did not take herbs, asking them if they planned to take herbs in the future. The study revealed that 63 percent of more than one thousand people surveyed plan to take herbal supplements within five years as the answer to many common ailments or part of our daily regimen. Among those surveyed, 60 percent said they would take herbal remedies for energy enhancement, 56 percent said they would take them to prevent colds, 54 percent to boost immunity, and 43 percent to help them sleep. If that population sampling holds on a national scale, it means that more than half of the population could be taking herbs in the near future, which will make herbal remedies even more popular than they are today.