Books

Basics – profiles – indications

The most well-structured book on aromatherapy, an essential reference for anyone interested in natural scents.

The hundred most common essential oils are described in detail, and graphic models clearly show how the chemical composition of the oils determines their effect on the body and psyche.

The role of fatty plant oils in skin care is also described in detail.

Monika Werner and Ruth von Braunschweig have decades of practice and have many tried and tested recipes and applications.

This beautiful book by Stefan Marxer shows the way to the mushroom places, introduces you to the best edible mushrooms in our forests and explains how to clean, prepare and preserve them.

There are a surprising number of different mushrooms in our local forests. In the book you will find portraits of around 40 varieties: well-known ones such as chanterelles and porcini mushrooms, but also frost snails and gourds.

Author Stefan Marxer was enthusiastic about mushrooms even as a child - his passion for tracking down mushrooms, his extensive knowledge and the joy of processing and preparing them can be felt on every page!

So let us train your eyes and convey the joy of discovering mushrooms! Off to the forest with mindfulness and all your senses!

The Innsbruck Löwenzahnverlag not only focuses on ecology in terms of content, but also produces sustainably and does not use plastic films.

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Local herbs and flowers for lust and love

In the summer of 2018 we received an email asking whether we would like to offer this book in the herbal drugstore and be a contact point for participants in the aphrodisiac herbal hikes .

WE WOULD LIKE!

Ursula Asamer is an energy ethicist, herbal educator, landscape guide and more. On her herbal hikes, you will stroll with your participants next to Lake Attersee, tell the story under the title Love Rush , what inspires the sensuality, find the precious plants that enrich your love life and, as a highlight, let you enjoy erotic delicacies.

When reading 50 Shades you immediately notice how connected she is to nature and how much knowledge and experience she has. With a good amount of humor and irony, she can also put this on paper!

The herbal druggists smiled and marveled as they read - often laughed heartily - and in the process expanded their knowledge about the aphrodisiac side of local herbs.

A clever, enjoyable book that brings us closer to local herbs and at the same time trains our sensuality and mindfulness. Attractively designed, with many beautiful illustrations, practical information and stimulating recipes.

Highly recommended: to read, try out and give as a gift!

Traditional Chinese medicine has utilized the amazing healing powers of mushrooms for hundreds of years. Science has now confirmed what naturopathy has known for a long time: medicinal mushrooms strengthen the immune system, lower blood pressure, improve metabolism and our energy levels, fight viruses and bacteria and can even kill tumor cells. As so-called adaptogens, they also increase resistance to stress: the body builds up resistance and uses it in acute situations.

Qualified biologist and mycologist Philip Rebensburg and the doctor for general medicine and naturopathy Dr. will show you how you can use the healing power of mushrooms. med. Andreas Kappl. From Chaga to Reishi to Shiitake - in detailed portraits you will learn everything you need to know about the 22 most important medicinal mushrooms. Based on the current state of science, mycologist Philip Rebensburg describes ingredients, application and therapeutic effects. You will also find out which diseases and ailments medicinal mushrooms are used for, how you can grow your own mushrooms and what the current status of legislation is. You too can benefit from the great effects of mushrooms - for lifelong health.

Dr. Ojuna Altangerel-Wodnar is a doctor, shaman and a smart, strong woman.
She also ordains in Vienna. Anyone who was with her knows how great she is.

In this book she talks about her life, her experiences and systemic solutions.

Easy to read, interesting and helpful. Useful reading!

Published by Integral Verlag.

Rituals, incense mixtures and recipes for the holy nights

More and more people are experiencing the 12 mystical Raunächte in a deep and close to nature way.
Myriam Veit has selected very special inspirations from her wealth of experience with which the magic of this time can be used creatively and sensually:
- traditional rituals in a modern interpretation
- Yoga exercises, incense mixtures
- Recipes for various delicacies, matching the quality of the day
- homemade decorations and awareness raising in the form of small stories

All recipes use completely natural substances and are quick and easy to implement.

A wonderful manual and reference work with many recipes and practical medicinal plant uses.

Many medicinal plants have become established in gynecologists' and midwives' practices in recent decades. Antibiotic herbs such as chamomile and nasturtium or plants with a hormone-like effect such as chasteberry and silver cohosh have gained a permanent place in gynecology and obstetrics. But the plant kingdom offers many other medicinal herbs that have a soothing and healing effect on numerous women's ailments.

This book is a well-founded introduction to medicinal plant science for women. It explains the interesting hormone-like effects of medicinal plants, portrays 120 women's herbs and offers over 200 proven recipes and many practical tips. It combines more than 25 years of practical gynecological experience with the findings of today's plant research. A valuable handbook for therapists as well as an indispensable practical reference work for those affected and for women of all ages interested in naturopathy.

Alchemilla
A holistic herbal medicine for women

About the profound healing effects of Frauenmantel + Co.

The lady's mantle (Alchemilla) also rightly bears the name "Allerfrauenheil". Because it is one of our most valuable medicinal plants. The active ingredients it contains offer natural help for almost all women's ailments.
The alternative practitioner Margret Madejsky integrates the diverse applications of Alchemilla into a holistic concept of modern gynecology.

It's never too late to start again
The path of the artist after 60

For twenty-five years, Julia Cameron has inspired millions of people to live their creativity with her world bestseller “The Artist's Way.” The well-known seminar leader is now presenting a new 12-week program that will finally make it possible to realize long-held dreams after working life.

Your life-help guide in twelve chapters enables you to let go of old things and dare to make a new start. For the associated life review, your own lifetime is divided by twelve and you deal with a phase of your life every week. This assessment, which is summarized weekly in a memoir, is the basis for truly making peace with the past and becoming free for a new beginning.

Julia Cameron, who is 65 herself, applies her successful and proven tools for more creativity with a lot of know-how to the special situation of best-agers: handwriting three pages in the morning, creative days, inspirational walks.
A wealth of inspiring case stories tell of people who, in retirement, started playing the piano, painting or traveling to distant countries. They encourage you and show how fulfilling it is when you listen to your inner voice and realize yourself. If not now then when?

Breathe
How the simplest thing in the world changes our lives

Every person who comes into the world takes a breath in the first minute. From then on, the lungs normally work on their own. But chronic lung diseases, asthma and sleep apnea have become widespread diseases today, and even those who are not sick gasp, wheeze, snort and wheeze. The author Jessica Braun, who can easily lose her breathing rhythm, sets out to do this Way to relearn how to breathe. She accompanies a woman giving birth while she panting, visits a sleep laboratory, has a breathing diagnosis carried out, meditates with an Indian guru, dives with apnea divers and watches a dominatrix as she squeezes the air out of her client. Her research leads her to researchers and actors, biathletes and yoga teachers. She shows how breath connects body and soul. And that everyone can learn the art of breathing and change their life.

The editor writes the following about the book:

A fresh start for the whole body
Ayurveda is the oldest holistic healing art in the world, but is often romanticized in esoteric terms. Neuroscientist Dr. Dr., who grew up in India and the USA, takes a completely different approach. Kulreet Chaudhary: She combines Western medicine with Far Eastern medicine. The recommendations she gives her patients about their diet and lifestyle also have a pleasant side effect: they help you lose excess pounds – and all without any effort.

This book shows you how to improve your digestion while improving your memory. It explains to you why diets are of no use and why you have probably put the cart before the horse with your previous attempts to lose weight. You will also find out:

● why it's not your diet that matters, but your digestion,
● how you can tell whether you are suffering from a “leaky brain” – and what you can do about it with the self-treatment program presented in this book,
● How to overcome cravings, burn fat, gain energy and avoid unhealthy lifestyle habits.

And last but not least, you will learn how to maintain the success of this program throughout your life and always feel like a new person.

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Natural body care during pregnancy, birth and the first year.

The best of nature for mother and child

This practical manual is the ideal complement to Ingeborg Stadelmann's book Midwife Consultation Hours .
It offers a wealth of tips and recommendations on how the original Stadelmann® aroma mixtures can be used safely during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding and on babies.

The natural mixtures are valuable companions for body care and for everyday complaints. They are suitable for massages and baths, wraps and rubs, for scenting rooms and as natural perfumes.
The clear structure into 4 application areas helps you to quickly find all topics from anxiety to teething problems .

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New knowledge about the forgotten art of breathing.

In this book, James Nestor takes an exciting and adventurous journey to the lost art of breathing. He meets renowned experts from all over the world, reports on the latest scientific studies, but also finds what he is looking for in completely different places: with an anarchist opera singer, an Indian mystic, an irritable swimming coach and a stern-looking Ukrainian cardiologist...

Anyone who reads this book will never breathe the way they did before - and lead a much better and healthier life!

We herbal druggists like to encourage our customers to pay attention to their breathing, especially if they have problems with the nervous system, digestion, eating habits and cycle/change. We recommend taking a few calm breaths before every meal, as well as in tense, anxious situations. And in the evening before you go to sleep - best combined with a soothing stomach massage with our Vata care oil. It is all the more pleasing that the topic of breathing is now receiving more attention and more research and writing is being done about it.

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