Healing the Family: Pregnancy, Birth and Children's Ailments

By Joy Gardner

has become a favorite at a large day care center for both staff and parents alike, providing information on how to have a healthy pregnancy and healthy children. Healing the Family gives ideas on home... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553134604
• ISBN13: 9780553134605
• Release Date: February 1982
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

HEALING THE FAMILY Pregnancy, Birth and Children's Ailments

This book is my dependable and treasured reference as a mother and grandmother of many. I recommend it for every family's bookshelf. Not surprisingly it has become a favorite at a large day care center for both staff and parents alike, providing information on how to have a healthy pregnancy and healthy children. Healing the Family gives ideas on home care to minimize and prevent sickness, makes suggestions on when to seek professional advice, provides some alternatives to drugs for illness to promote natural healing. The remedies noted in this book have all been tried, and readers are encouraged to notify Joy Gardner if there are any adverse reactions to the remedies.My first Healing the Family was given to me by the author, a centered, gentle woman who knows whereof she speaks. This book is highly recommended for all who appreciate that which is natural in the care and healing of body and mind for children and adults.

An Invaluable Guide to Using Natural Methods

I have used this book to raise two kids. It has been my reference guide to natural alternatives to standard medical practices. I have been able to avoid unnecessary use of antibiotics, and my children are healthy and happy. For each ailment, Joy gives several alternatives, using herbal tinctures, teas and ointments, acupunture, poultices, and other methodologies. Using common sense I have been able to lessen my medical bills without compromising my children's health. She also clearly states when medical intervention is necessary. The reader is given enough information to be able to make good choices.