The Doctors Book of Home Remedies II: Over 1,200 New Doctor-Tested Tips and Techniques Anyone Can Use to Heal Hundreds of Everyday Health Problems

by Sid Kirchheimer

Book Overview

The next best thing to having a doctor in the house... From the editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books comes the most complete, practical, and easy-to-follow guide to good health ever written.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875961584
• ISBN13: 9780875961583
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 613 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.8" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Not a doctor but reads like one!

I bought this book after getting fed up taking myself to the doctor to hear that it is just a bad cold or something that could be remedied at home. I had the wonderful experience of letting myself get addicted to nasal decongestant. Not the saline spray! I know that my body can become resistant to antibiotics and the side effects are scary! This book has all kinds of ailments. It is incredible how many alternatives there are to help with some of them. It is a book that does not just use herbs but items that you may have in your pantry. Who would have thought? I love this book because he is not writing technical medical jargon. It is all there in laymen's terms to allow us to help ourselves and understand what we are reading. This book is well organized. The book contains the ailments in alphabetical order. You just need to know your ABC's. Their is an index in the back too. In every ailment that is in the book, there is a black box with important info. For example, he mentions that if it feels like this or you have a history of... go to the doctor. In this case he is being cautious and letting us know that the book is not going to help us with everything. There are times that we need to rely on a doctor. In this case, he is not trying to act like the end all and be all of information. This is one thing that disgusts me with other authors that write similar books. They are matter of fact that they will say if you have brain damage make a cup of tea and add eye of newt. It sounds far fetched but have you read some of the books that are out there? Anyway, I highly recommend this book. It is a great little book: the middle of the night, on the weekend, at work, or on vacation it can hold you together until you can see a doctor. It can help you to cure it on your own. It has almost every ailment in there. It is definitely worth every penny. Here's to good health!

Cheaper than a doctor's visit -- and more fun!

This book is entertaining AND informative. It covers some of the weirdest and wackiest home remedies you can imagine...all coming (in direct quotes) from doctors, many with very impressive credentials. The introductions to each disease are clever and well-written; some made me laugh out loud, but also full of interesting facts. But always, the medical advice is direct and helpful. (I even asked my own doctor about some of these remedies and he agreed with their medical effectiveness.) I bought both Home Remedies books in the package deal; number II (the sequel) is better than the first Home Remedies book, but both are used a lot. helpful my home. Dollar for dollar, one of the best investments I ever made. Not only have I used many of these remedies, but I have used the book for background information and just to read for enjoyment.

Cheaper than a doctor, and more fun!

This book is an excellent source of information, with thousands of direct-to-the-point pieces of advice that are apparently effective (at least those remedies that I tried worked.) The doctors' advice is clear, direct and absent of techincal medical terms. It's a "do this" and "here's why" kind of advice rather than a lot of theory.It's also fun to read; I've laughed out loud at some of clever writing. I originally bought this book for medical reference, and wound up taking it with me on vacation for "pleasure" reading. Not only have I learned a lot from it, but I showed it to my doctor and he agreed with the medical effectiveness of those remedies. I bought this book along with the Home Remedies Book for Children, and both are useful. But if you only want/need one, II (the blue cover) is the definite choice. It's more comprehensive and better written.

Great Research, Fun to Read

If you buy only 1 Home Remedies book, this is it! It covers practically every disease and condition, including some things I would never think of (as opposed to the "Original" Home Remedies book, which only included what you might expect). These remedies are practical, with "cures" that anyone can do and there are literally hundreds of different doctors giving advice, so you get a lot of different perspectivbies. The writing is clever, to-the-point and has enough wit to keep you entertained as you get informed I've purchased some other books by Rodale Press and this is, by far, the best I've read.

thorough reporting and a breezy, entertaining style

A massive undertaking that does an excellent job of focusing on what's important in "fixing" what goes wrong with your body. Witty in tone, serious in nature, concise writing with substance! I found this book incredibly useful.