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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Epigraph
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Cuisine for Medicine
TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINE
WHAT KINDS OF PLANTS AND WHY—A SYSTEMS-BASED CONTEXT
THREE KEY PHYSIOLOGICAL "HUBS"
Chapter 2: Aromatics
HEART RATE VARIABILITY, OR THE CASE OF THE HAPPY FETUS (AND THE HAPPY HEART)
HEART RATE VARIABILITY, STRESS, AND MOOD: HAPPY IS THE SUPP LE HEART
AROMATIC PLANTS, HEART RATE VARIABILITY, AND NEUROMUSCULAR TENSION
THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH
THE PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACH
WHY AROMATICS
PEPPERMINT
GROWING, HARVESTING, AND STORING PEPPERMINT
USING PEPPERMINT
LEMON BALM
GROWING LEMON BALM
USING LEMON BALM
LINDEN
HARVESTING LINDEN
USING LINDEN
GINGER
GROWING, HARVESTING, AND PURCHASING GINGER
USING GINGER
GARLIC
GROWING, HARVESTING, AND STORING GARLIC
USING GARLIC
Chapter 3: Bitters
THE XENOBIOME: IS THERE AN OPTIMAL OPERATING ENVIRONMENT?
AN INTERLUDE WITH GOLDILOCKS
THE BITTER TASTE RECEPTOR: FEEL THE CHALLENGE
THE “WESTERN” DIET: A GRAND EXPERIMENT IN XENOBIOME ALTERATION
THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH
THE PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACH
WHY BITTERS?
WORMWOOD
GROWING AND HARVESTING WORMWOOD
USING WORMWOOD
DANDELION
GROWING AND HARVESTING DANDELION
USING DANDELION
BURDOCK
HARVESTING BURDOCK
USING BURDOCK
YELLOWDOCK
GROWING AND HARVESTING YELLOWDOCK
USING YELLOWDOCK
Chapter 4: Tonics
A NOTE IN HARMONY
TURNING GENES INTO HEALTHY HUMANS: EPIGENETICS AND IMMUNITY
EPIGENETICS
IMMUNITY
THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH
THE PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACH
WHY TONICS?
CHOCOLATE
HARVESTING CHOCOLATE
USING CHOCOLATE
ASTRAGALUS
GROWING, HARVESTING, AND STORING ASTRAGALUS
USING ASTRAGALUS
RED REISHI (LINGZHI)
HARVESTING AND STORING RED REISHI
USING RED REISHI
HAWTHORN
GROWING AND HARVESTING HAWTHORN
USING HAWTHORN
Epilogue
Footnotes
Endnotes
Bibliography
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
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