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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. |
| 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! |
| 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 |
| Thomas L. Leaman, Healing the Anxiety Diseases. New York: Plenum Press, 1992. |
| Bob Whitmore, Living with Stress and Anxiety: A Self-Help Guide. Manchester University Press, 1987. |
| Benjamin Wolman and George Striker, eds., Anxiety and Related Disorders: a Handbook. Wiley, 1994. |
| John Mason, Guide to Stress Reduction. Celestial Arts, Berkeley, 1985. |
| Edmund Jacobson, Progressive Relaxation. Midway Reprint. University of Chicago Press, 1974. |
| Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman and Matthew McKay, The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook. New Harbinger Publications, Oakland, 1988. |
| Edmund J. Bourne, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook. New Harbinger Publications, Oakland 1990. |
| Books about Herbal Medicine |
| Norman G. Bisset, (ed.) Herbal Drugs & Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1994. |
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