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Now in its expanded, updated revised edition, this is the original classic text (with more than 5-million copies sold) that helped create the natural foods industry. It remains today one of the major texts on herbs, natural diet and lifestyle and wholistic health.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• To the Reader (p. v)
• Preface (p. vii)
• Author's Poem (p. xi)
• Acknowledgements (p. xii)
• Memoirs of His Daughter (p. xiii)
• A Son's Recollections (p. xix)
• My Remarkable Grandfather (p. xxiv)
• Section I Natural Health
• 1 Personal Experiences (p. 3)
• 2 Soil Preparation and Farming (p. 30)
• Section II Herbs for Healthful Living
• 1 History of Herbal Medicine (p. 47)
• 2 Herbs (p. 60)
• 3 General Directions for the Preparation and Use of Herbs (p. 66)
• 4 Tonic Herbs (p. 82)
• 5 Herbs Used to Treat Disease (p. 85)
• 6 Medicinal Trees (p. 204)
• 7 Specific Herbs for Various Medical Problems (p. 233)
• Section III Treating Diseases With Herbs
• Treating Diseases with Herbs (p. 265)
• Special Notice (p. 452)
• Section IV Your Body and Its Needs
• The Digestive System (p. 456)
• 1 The Importance of Good Nutrition (p. 457)
• 2 Carbohydrates (p. 462)
• 3 Fats (p. 473)
• 4 Protein (p. 485)
• 5 Mineral Elements in the Body (p. 490)
• 6 Vitamins (p. 516)
• 7 Water (p. 542)
• 8 Fresh Air, Exercise, and Sleep (p. 546)
• Section V Your Foods
• 1 Fruits (p. 557)
• 2 Vegetables (p. 566)
• 3 Fiber (p. 570)
• 4 Oatmeal (p. 579)
• 5 Nuts (p. 584)
• 6 Bread and Refined Flour (p. 589)
• 7 Meat and Vegetarianism (p. 597)
• 8 Milk (p. 610)
• 9 Salt (p. 614)
• 10 Garlic (p. 621)
• 11 Healthful Diets (p. 628)
• 12 Obesity (p. 640)
• 13 Fasting and Healthful Eating (p. 647)
• Section VI Food Preparation
• 1 Useful Hints to Preserve Vitamins (p. 655)
• 2 Kloss's Favorite Health Recipes (p. 660)
• 3 Cooking Under Steam Pressure (p. 699)
• 4 Aluminum Cooking Utensils (p. 702)
• 5 Baking and Breads (p. 712)
• 6 Preparing Wholesome Desserts and Beverages (p. 733)
• Section VII Effects of Polluted and Adulterated Foods on the Body
• 1 Adulteration of Food (p. 745)
• 2 Health-Destroying Foods (p. 753)
• 3 Dangers from Disease in Animals (p. 759)
• Section VIII Water and Good Health
• 1 History of Water Cure (p. 777)
• 2 Using Water to Preserve Health (p. 784)
• 3 Water's Effect and Use in Treatment (p. 792)
• 4 Water's Effects on Sickness (p. 798)
• 5 Baths and Water Treatments (p. 801)
• 6 Compresses and Fomentations (p. 820)
• Section IX Skills in Caring for the Sick
• 1 Nursing (p. 841)
• 2 Massage (p. 850)
• 3 High Enemas (p. 862)
• 4 The Value of Charcoal (p. 866)
• Appendix
• Glossary of Old-Fashioned Medical Terms (p. 875)
• Glossary of Medical Properties of Herbs (p. 877)
• General Tables (p. 885)
• General Index (p. i)
• Herbal Index (p. ii)

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