Jude C. Todd : Jude's Herbal Home Remedies
Everyday Herbal





Natural Health
Beauty & Home-Care Secrets

Discover a simpler, more natural way of life. Pour yourself a cup of chamomile tea, find a quiet corner, and browse through the wealth of natural remedies, household tips, and beauty secrets presented in this tried and true guidebook. Now updated and expanded, Jude's Herbal Home Remedies offers more than 800 treatments, tinctures, tonics, and teas, using many easy-to-find herbs, as well as a comprehensive herbal index with over 200 illustrations.

"....her words ring with a voice of experience and common sense. She does not simply toss us a book full of symptomatic remedies and leave it at that. [She] takes a holistic approach to health and offers enough sensible reminders to make this book readable." ----The Herb Companion

"This gentle, interesting book is a treasure chest of information on 'how to' heal, cleanse, rejuvenate, plant, gather, and prevent. I, for one, am happy to have this herbal in my pantry." ---Sweet Fern

"Jude's Herbal Home Remedies is much more than just another book on the virtues of medicinal herbs. It is packed with information on natural and environmentally friendly concoctions that can save you hundreds [of dollars]." ---The Growing Edge*

From the Introduction
An excerpt from Jude's Herbal Home Remedies by Jude C. Todd,
C.H., M.H.

A friend once asked my why I was so interested in the use of herbs. The answer came back before I had even thought about it: the lifestyle. Once you get curious about herbs, you get into so many different subjects that you never lose interest. The use of herbs got me thinking about the way we live our lives.

I really became interested in herbs about forty years ago and only recently got to study them more formally. I received my Chartered Herbalist degree from Dominion Herbal College in 1990. [She now has her master herbalist degree, --Ed.] Even after these many years, herbs still hold a fascination for me. Just to think that one seed can feed a fmily still fills me with wonder. One plant can help balance your system so that health can return. Stop and think about how we have lost some knowledge that should be saved and used by future generations.

I used to think I would love to live a completely natural lifestyle. Over the years I realized that the modern conveniences were given to us by our Maker to make our lives easier. We can and should combine the old with the new for our comfort. We simply have to learn how best to utilize the new, so that we don't destroy our earth by living in a throwaway society.

We have caused our young people to lose pride in their heritages by throwing out that which has brought humankind to where it is today. I suppose that I am talking mostly about the young African-Americans and the Native American Indian youth in particular. Their cultures have contributed so much and they have proud histories.

Herbs got me thinking about the insects that are in nature. They, too, have a part to play in the food chain. We must stop using pesticides because they are destroying the insects along with us. We have a chance to help our young people start thinking of ways to live that are more in balance with nature - otherwise we will not survive. We must start recycling everything we use in order to save our natural environment.

I really feel that you become more spiritual when you become acquainted with nature. I feel that this old world could handle that right now, don't you?

I became aware of how much our society was becoming a nation of consumers forty-five years ago. That's when I decided to change my lifestyle to be more in tune with nature. I have benefited much from that decision. The more I became independent and knowledgeable about doing things for myself, the more I enjoyed it. I grow and can all my own fruits and vegetables.

Every day you can pick up a newspaper or magazine and read how more and more people are coming to realize that quality of life is more important than making a lot of money, and more people are dropping out of the so-called fast land. All I can say is hooray for them. They are finding out that the new lifestyle they are choosing to lead now has great benefits for their children. They are finding that they receive a great deal of satisfaction and pride in being able to do for themselves. Nothing you learn is ever wasted.

Suppose the world does have a natural or manmade catastrophe. Would you have the knowledge to provide for your family?......

Nature teaches us about seasons. This can be related to our life changes and how everything has its season or time for being. We learn about order from nature. Why can't we bring that order into our life? Everyday living becomes easier if there is order in our life. Even gardening is easier if we learn to work with nature instead of trying to control our environment.

So don't ask me what herbs have to offer, because just about any lifestyle can benefit from learning even a little about our wild gifts.

I really do hope that you find something of value to use from this book. Even if you do not use the recipes, maybe it will start you thinking about how important saving our environment is for the future of humankind.

Most of our modern medicines are derived from the wild herbs; we can at least learn to respect them in their native habitat by protecting our land and forests. We can help save the forests by recycling what we do use. We can start making our lives simpler and rediscover the values that are important to us in order to be happy. We can learn to have respect for the animals and insects that make life possible for us. We can learn to share our time and hobbies with our families and bring our families closer again. Our value system will change again. Let’s hope it uses some of the old values while improving upon them with the new.*




Author Profile:

Jude E. Todd, C.H., M.H., (Ohio) has worked with herbs for twenty-five years and holds a master herbalist degree from Dominion Herbal College. She is in demand for lectures and frequently is a guest on radio shows, discussing the topic of herbal medicine.*

* Excerpt from the Text with permission
384 pages