This is a fun and pretty book with a great premise, but the title is a misnomer as it's not at all complete. This is way too big of a theme to cover in one book. It barely scratches the surface of each topic. Like many "natural healing" books, it makes me think of putting all the possible answers in a hat and pulling out 2 or 3 to list. Shrug. It's not the fault of the book really, as you can't list more than 800 remedies and 100 different ailments in a 300 page book and expect anything near "complete" answers.

All that said, whoever did the art and editing made it beautiful. The layout is light, pretty, and easy to read. You're likely to find helpful information but then I suggest getting more in depth books to go from there.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

This book is beautiful as well as informative in a very in depth way! There is a lot of misinformation about "holistic health care" floating around and this book correctly informs readers on the truth of some fads. I am a big fan of DK books and this was no exception. I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy, it is just so beautifully laid out!

I love this book. Very well laid out and beautifully detailed. I enjoyed the many chapters and will use this as a reference guide going forward. It is almost too pretty to be a medical/wellness book, as if I want to display it on my coffee table! I do like the recipes, although the placement of certain recipes (dips after the Endometriosis explanation page?) seemed a little out of place. Otherwise, I really enjoyed what this book had to offer!

Thank you #NetGalley and DK Publishers for this ARC of #CompleteWellness !

This is a comprehensive introduction to holistic wellness. Whereas many "holistic" and "natural" health books emphasize plants exclusively, Complete Wellness introduces plants, traditional medicines/supplements, lifestyle changes, and even therapy, depending on the particular illness or area of focus. As opposed to simply listing treatments, Complete Wellness briefly explains which nutrients each remedy provides, and explains how they help. It suggests taking an integrative approach to health. There are a few recipes for making tinctures, balms and other herbal concoctions. There are also smoothie recipes. Complete Wellness has a little bit of everything, which is exactly what you would expect from a title like this. It's a little bit basic, so people who have been using holistic/ integrative health techniques for a while might not gain much new insight, but it's so well-structured that I can see Complete Wellness becoming a handy reference book. Instead of looking through several books for the different treatment possibilities, Complete Wellness lays out the most common/useful treatments together, organizing them first by body part, then by illness. I highly recommend this book. Thank you, NetGalley for the ARC!

I'm a huge fan of DK Books. They are always well-written, well-illustrated, and informative. I'm also a huge fan of using natural practices for the first line of defense. This books walks through each part of the body, starting with the mind and emotions, and ends up with chapters about women's, men's, and children's health. Herbs, essential oils, food, and therapies are all discussed for each section of the book and allows the users to choose what remedies could work for them. The book explains how to make 11 different types of recipes like tinctures, syrups, balms, compress, and decoction. I think that DK has hit it out of the park again with Complete Wellness. This book is easy enough for a layperson to understand and an excellent resource for any lover of natural healing.

DK always does a wonderful job on every subject they tackle. Complete Wellness is no exception to that. Laid out in an easy to reference format no detail is left out and with expert editors you can be sure the information is helpful and trustworthy. This is a wonderful reference guide for a public or home library.

I have to say, it is refreshing to see a book labeled 'Complete Wellness' cover things other than herbal remedies. It has diet, lifestyle, and other alternative medicine approaches to various health problems. In usual DK fashion, it is a very visually dynamic and easy to navigate book. I think this book would be perfectly safe for a beginner to someone with a basic understanding of herbal medicine and alternative medicine to use, more advanced readers might find it a bit redundant, but having a very clear and helpful guide for newbies is great. Especially when most the things listed in the book are easy to obtain and fairly harmless if attempting self medication.

Do you believe pharmaceuticals shouldn't be our first line of treatment when we get sick? Or that we don't need a pill to stay healthy? Yes? This would be a great reference for you! Pharmaceuticals do have their place, but looking at more natural remedies is a great place to begin.

The layout of this books makes it easy to use. We begin by learning about the various natural ingredients we'll be using - herbs, essential oils and foods - and also get an overview on therapies such as massage, acupuncture, reflexology and more. Then we move into the various body systems - mind and emotions, digestive system, urinary system, etc - as well as sections specifically for men, women and children. Each section starts with suggestions for staying healthy and then moves into natural treatments for a number of ailments. The table of contents makes it easy to go directly to the information we are in search of, including a list of the food recipes and their locations in the various sections. Great, easy to access information. I'd love to have a copy of this one on my shelf!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher, DK, for the opportunity to read and review this informative book! All comments are my own, unbiased opinion.

I have recently gotten into essential oils, and from there, into more herbal remedies. It's such a merry-go-round, to be constantly on one medicine or another, whether for headaches or stomachache or high blood pressure. I figure that if there are natural remedies that can at least *assist* with the first two - and maybe even the third - then I'll feel better and won't have to worry about a list of side effects as long as my arm. Getting this book will be worth every penny I will pay, and more.

I love how the book is broken down into sections (for example, Urinary System) and then from there into alphabetized conditions/concerns. Each concern (for example, Kidney Stones) gives a basic explanation of what the concern is, then goes through herbs, essential oils, foods, and supplements for way to help the issue. It's clear, easy to understand, and lovely to look at. In addition, there are spreads that have different healthy recipes, interjections that discuss a particular herb, or oil, or some other item named within the book.

Overall, it's going to prove to be an excellent resource for those learning, as well as for those who already have experience. It will be easy to find specific concerns using the index in the back, and the list of resources will be invaluable for learning more. I look forward to adding this to my shelf!

A large variety of homeopathic solutions to very real medical problems. Many of the ingredients I wouldn’t have the first idea where to get, but I’m assuming if you’re into this angle of treatment, you would know how to find them. I do have some doubts as to the efficacy of some of the treatments suggested, so I would highly highly recommend running anything you try past a doctor or pharmacist first. Please don’t assume that these treatments can’t hurt you just because they’re natural, loads of over the counter things kill people every day. Still, I appreciate the time and the research done by the authors to compile this reference. It’s arranged in a very user friendly matter according to the problem you’re trying to treat, the format is great.

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This is actually THE BOOK that I have been looking for for years!  It lists conditions and which herbs, essential oils AND FOODS can help.  

I love that this book incorporates food as a part of a holistic health plan.  What we eat is so important and should, in my opinion, be considered part of a holistic health plan.  Food is medicine.  We can prevent so many conditions just by eating the right foods or avoiding certain things like a lot of salt, sugar or processed foods.

I love the very simple page on How Herbs Heal.  The different types of herbs Mucilaginous, Adaptogens, Carminative, etc. are laid out and very simply explained.  Mucilaginous herbs help with inflammation; adaptogens help the body deal with stress; carminative help with gastrointestinal issues.  Essential oils are also explained in terms of type - antimicrobial, antispasmodic, toning, etc.

There are detailed explanations on making tinctures, macerated oils, decoction.

There were holistic suggestions of eating disorders, such as the herbs oat straw, chamomile and ashwagandha; the essential oils rose, bergamot and ylang ylang; fermented foods, fibre, milk and bananas.  I have never seen eating disorders and specific instructions for anorexia and bulimia in a book of this kind.  Yet my personal experience with having an eating disorder is that by following a whole food, plant based diet, and eliminating processed foods, I don't have the feeling that I overdid it and need to purge.  I believe it is something in the processed foods that made me feel that way.

I am putting this on my Christmas list!!  I have other books like this, but none that add food as an element of healing and I think that is a critical element.  Our bodies require certain nutrients and our modern diet is often lacking some of those nutrients, thus we end up with issues but by knowing what ailments respond to which nutrient we can heal ourselves without ingesting a lot of supplements (I view supplements similarly to medicine--only if absolutely necessary).  The information on food is not something I have seen in books before, therefore I am giving this 5 stars.