This includes, for example, Bach flower therapy, which is based on the theory of the British doctor Edward Bach that every illness is caused by a mental imbalance. He assigned 38 flower essences to the negative mental states that lead to complaints, which help to restore mental balance.

The alternative practitioner Anna Elisabeth Röcker has written both a compact guide and a card set with a 46-page booklet entitled "Healing with Bach Flowers" . The card set impresses with the extraordinary photographic representation of each flower by the artist Raffaella Sirtoli. On the back of each card there are practical tips on how to use the respective flower. The accompanying booklet and the compact guide (also available as an e-book!) explain the healing effects of the individual plants and recommend the correct dosage for the corresponding symptoms.

Author and science journalist Birgit Frohn has also proven to be a successful advocate of natural medicine, including her guidebook "The Healing Power of Olives" . Olive oil is a food, a medicine and a care product all in one. In her book, the qualified biologist gives numerous tips on how the elixir of life, olive oil, can improve health, relieve ailments and care for skin and hair. The Mediterranean recipes and the so-called Mediterranean diet, a detailed and well-thought-out meal plan for two weeks, also have an effective effect.

In the paperback book "The Oil Pulling Cure", the author recommends oil pulling or oil chewing for detoxification. It has a very long tradition and has been proven to be effective in health care for generations. It is particularly popular in Ayurveda, traditional Indian medicine. The germs and bacteria that have settled in the mouth are bound to the oil by oil pulling and thus removed. Birgit Frohn explains which oils are suitable for this, when they are best used and which accompanying measures have proven effective.

Our Ayurveda expert is Balvinder Sidhu. In her Indian family, this ancient healing tradition has long been passed down from generation to generation. Balvinder Sidhu has already published several books on Ayurveda and pays particular attention to combining the millennia-old knowledge with the needs of our modern western society.

Evidence of this is her guidebook “Ayurveda as a source of energy” , in which she offers proven measures for exhaustion, stress and burnout: By detoxifying and cleansing the body, providing numerous type-appropriate nutritional recommendations and recipes as well as mental strengthening through meditation and yoga, you will gain new energy and zest for life through this book.

Balvinder Sidhu explains how to get through the week perfectly with Ayurveda in her guide book "Every Day Ayurveda" , which contains inspirational questions, mantras, meditations and tips for every day of the week. She devotes her book "Ayurveda Detox" to detoxifying and purifying the body, mind and soul.

The wealth of experience of our ancestors is full of wondrous stories about herbs and plants whose mysterious powers offered protection from evil forces and helped against everyday ailments. In a time when there were no doctors or pharmacies in the countryside, people trusted in the powers of nature. Even today, many people are once again relying on natural medicine and the healing effects of plants, which are now often scientifically proven. In her comprehensive practical book "Medicinal Herbs", the experienced herbalist Elfie Courtenay describes in detail and in an easy-to-understand manner over 70 plants and their possible uses in the medicine cabinet and kitchen.