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Rubefacients generate a localized increase in blood flow when applied to the skin, helping healing, cleansing and nourishment. They are often used to ease the pain and swelling of arthritic joints.
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Tonics nurture and enliven. Truly gifts of nature to a suffering humanity, tonics are whole plants that enliven whole human bodies, gifts of the Mother Earth to her children. To ask how they work is to ask how life works!
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Vulneraries are remedies that promote wound healing. Used mainly to describe herbs for skin lesions, the action is just as relevant for inner wounds such as stomach ulcers.
For Further Reading
Books about Stress
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Thomas L. Leaman, Healing the Anxiety Diseases. New York: Plenum Press, 1992.
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Bob Whitmore, Living with Stress and Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide. Manchester University Press, 1987.
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Benjamin Wolman and George Striker, eds., Anxiety and Related Disorders: a Handbook. Wiley, 1994.
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John Mason, Guide to Stress Reduction. Celestial Arts, Berkeley, 1985.
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Edmund Jacobson, Progressive Relaxation. Midway Reprint. University of Chicago Press, 1974.
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Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman and Matthew McKay, The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook. New Harbinger Publications, Oakland, 1988.
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Edmund J. Bourne, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook. New Harbinger Publications, Oakland 1990.
Books about Herbal Medicine
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Norman G. Bisset, (ed.) Herbal Drugs & Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1994.

 
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