CONTENTS

Foreword to the First Edition by James A. Duke, PhD

Preface to the Second Edition

Prologue: Rise of the Superbugs

1 The End of Antibiotics

2 The Resistant Organisms, the Diseases They Cause, and How to Treat Them

3 About Herbal Antibiotics

4 Herbal Antibiotics: The Systemics

CryptolepisSidaAlchorneaBidensArtemisia

5 Herbal Antibiotics: The Localized Nonsystemics

The BerberinesJuniperHoneyUsnea

6 Herbal Antibiotics: The Synergists

LicoriceGingerBlack Pepper (piperine)

7 The First Line of Defense: Strengthening the Immune System

AshwagandhaAstragalusBonesetEchinaceaEleutheroRed RootReishiRhodiola

8 A Handbook of Herbal Medicine Making

9 An Herbal Formulary

Epilogue

Endnotes

Recommended Reading

Resources

Bibliography

Index