Interesting read on ancient remedies and what and how to use different things. I use some of the products he promotes and like them.

Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley for the opportunity. My review opinion is of my own reading experience of this book.

I am a long time supporter of using herbal and natural medicine and grew up using natural herbs and teas for healing as well as stress reduction techniques. i do not believe in taking any prescriptions from a western medical doctor as they all receive kick backs, stocks, monies and hidden benefits for prescribing drugs to their patients and have no competent education on the drugs they prescribe. Natural healing has been used by our ancestors for centuries. It has recently re gained popularity as more and more people get educated on their health and turn away from the toxicity of western medicine doctors. I was very pleased to review this book for this well known natural healing doctor.

I found this book to be a wealth of information in regard to each aspect of natural healing. It is a book you will want to refer to time and time again. While not all the information is for each reader, there is so much here to learn and benefit from. CBD is covered here, with herbs, essential oils and stress reduction techniques.. Aspects of Chinese medicine are here with receipes included for the reader to explore their own natural healing. I enjoyed learning new receipes for healing . The author emphasis how important the mind body soul connection is and how utilizing each can heal and strengthen our immune system. A lot of great information to be learned here. I highly recommend this book .

This book was amazing! It is like a comprehensive resource for holistic healing. I will be using this book to reference remedies and use of herbs and essential oils for ailments. Since my family is starting on a FODMAP diet , this book is the perfect companion to help give us more information about healing without prescription or OTC drugs.

I'm a bit torn on how I feel about this book. On one hand, I like the readability of this book and the organization of various illnesses, with holistic remedies. It is extremely easy to pick up and find what you are looking for. One would still want to do their due diligence and research further to make sure their are not any adverse reactions if they are pregnant, breastfeeding, have other conditions, or take other medications, but it gives a great starting point.

The issue I have is that I really can't trust the author. First of all, He overemphasizes everything to make it more of a hype. While these various remedies can synergistically work with others to create holistic health, on their own, many may not have a huge effect, especially if the person is doing things to contradict the benefit. Where it gets dangerous, is it being hyped up so much that someone takes a natural supplement and feels so good about doing that that they assume it is safe to throw caution to the wind on diet, sleep, exercise, etc. You cannot out supplement your way out of a bad diet. It's as simple as that. Hyping certain things up is also why some people are so mistrustful of alternative remedies.

Another thing that really bothered me, is that he mentioned a holistic health doctor or something knowing his wife was pregnant two weeks before she got a positive pregnancy test because of a higher heart rate. This isn't even possible. Anyone who understands the menstrual cycle should understand this and I'm concerned he has treated women for infertility and does not understand this. After ovulation, if the egg is fertilized, it travels down the fallopian tubes and 6-12 days after ovulation, implants on the uterine wall. Soon after implantation, the body starts to produce hCG, which is what pregnancy tests use to determine pregnancy. It is common for women to get a positive test from 9-14 dpo, just depending on when implantation actually occurred. Some wait and test after a missed period, so a few days after that, but again, that is still before implantation occurs, which means you can have no pregnancy symptoms because pregnancy hormones are not yet produced, because you are not yet pregnant.

Whether a women conceives or not, her progesterone increases after ovulation. This increase in progesterone causes body temperature to elevate during the luteal phase, until it drops along with progesterone, right before menstruation occurs again, if the woman is not pregnant. An increase in temperature also correlates with an increase in resting heart rate. Ask any woman with a Fitbit, there is cyclic pattern with a noticeable increase in heart rate directly after ovulation, which correlates with that increase in progesterone. I can look at my heart rate history and tell you exactly when I ovulated each month when having regular cycles. So this doctors justification for why his wife is pregnant is simply incorrect. Now, if she was a few months along, then one would expect resting heart rate to jump even more and stay elevated, but the way he states it in the book does not seem to indicate that.

My point to giving this long winded explanation is that when blatant mistruths are spoken on a particular subject, it is hard to trust the rest of what comes out of his mouth. Thankfully, at least on what to use for various ailments, he seemed to have gotten the information from a decent source, even if some claims are a bit exaggerated. It would have been a lot better had he just omitted his ramblings at the beginning and just said what each thing can be used for.

This is an excellent book that gave extremely detailed information about how to heal yourself without using conventional medications all the time. I learned new useful information and I also saw some information that I had already read about before which solidified my belief that the information was correct and valid.

I recommend this book to anyone looking for alternative/natural help for medical problems. It is a very good resource.

Ancient Remedies: Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History by Dr. Josh Axe
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Genre: Health, Mind & Body
Release Date: February 2, 2021

Ancient Remedies: Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History by Dr. Josh Axe is a great resource in natural medicine.

This is the book I've been looking for! I have been doing tons of reading on natural healing and treating the root causes and not the symptoms for some time. I had never heard of the author before, but now, because of reading this book, I follow him on Instagram and have subscribed to his podcast!

I found this book easy to read and filled with so much information! Reading this just one time is not enough, this book deserves to be studied and used as a reference book.

In case anyone is wondering, I am predominantly water element, closely followed by earth.

I'm so grateful to Dr. Josh Axe, Little, Brown and Company, and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review.

Traditional Chinese medicine is something I’ve always wanted to know more about, and of course I’m a Dr. Axe fan. I’ve been following him for a decade and always find his information helpful. He’s been an important part of my healing process over the years, so choosing to read this book was a no-brainer.

Ancient Remedies is jam-packed with information from essential oils to foods, but there are important sections regarding cannabinoids, emotional health, and pharmaceuticals as well. It helps with balancing the mind, body, and spirit, and seems to offer much more than other self-help books I’ve read. It’s no secret that staying optimistic is healthy for everyone, but I particularly loved parts in the book that talked about hope, love, and forgiveness. The recipes are wonderful too, and most are those that I’ll actually adopt. I was really pleased with the range of topics here.

The quiz included to help you identify your element was something I wanted to love. It wasn’t so easy for me, as I ended up somewhere in the middle and quite confused honestly. This leads into the best foods to eat, so I think I’ll have to work on figuring that out as time goes on. I also found the words ‘what’s more’ which were used repeatedly just a little distracting.

Other than those few little niggles, this book was great. I’m so happy to have received a copy for review. This is one I highly recommend.

4.5*****

Dr. Josh Axe's Ancient Remedies is an insightful read full of useful tips, tricks, and remedies. A book you are sure to read again and again. Ancient Remedies explains a lot about Chinese medicine, which is a 5000-year-old medical discipline that is being used more in the West.  The book gives dietary suggestions taken from ancient medical wisdom to avoid the modern processed foods sugar, refined grains, and processed oils, eat fermented foods and all-natural whole foods.

Most of the other reviewers seem to be huge fans of the author, however I am new to him. Unfortunately this wasn’t the right fit for me.

Health, wellness and ancient healing are old subjects
Posted on January 21, 2021 by michellelovatosbookreviews, world's first book color commentator
There are some things in life for which I am grateful others are far more knowledgable than myself.


I am well aware that being a health and wellness fan is a far cry from being a doctor or other medical professional that actually knows what they are doing.

Dr. Josh Axe, in this case, would be one of those people who knows what he is doing.

I am an Axe fan. Every Health Wellness & Seniors Montana magazine I published showcased at least one tidbit of valuable information from this doctor.

I see Axe as the ‘Andrew Weil’ of this era, teaching eager students of self-help health subjects a lifetime of good health advice.

Axe’s new book, Ancient Remedies: Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the most powerful Natural Medicine in History, is a masterful compilation of Axe’s long education studying the masters of medical science.

Axe is not one of those guys who throws out the usage and advancement of modern medicine like it’s the fungus growing under the toenails of health science.

“My criticism of Western medicine isn’t intended to disparage all of the modern approach,” Axe writes. “If you’re in a car accident or have a heart attack or brain aneurism or fall prey to a flesh-eating bacterial infection, there’s no better place to be than an American hospital. But if you develop a chronic, preventable illness related to poor diet, stress, age, weight gain, or lack of exercise—the kinds of problems that routinely land most of us in a doctor’s office—the pills your physician is likely to give you may not help. In fact, they’ll almost certainly create another problem that actually makes your health worse.”

For those kinds of problems, Axe suggests turning to the ancient healing methods often found in the Chinese culture. Ancient techniques and remedies, he said, is a far more efficient, effective way to go.

Ancient Healing is a very large book jam-packed with information and offers today’s reader the opportunity to tap into centuries-old health secrets that kept ancient cultures thriving throughout the ages.

Is it a future textbook? I don’t know. It’s certainly thick enough. But I do know is that in all the time I’ve spent following Axe’s work over the years, I have never once been led astray.

Axe is a savvy marketer and is well known in the natural healing industry.
Though I would not recommend this book if you are someone who has to carry your books in your backpack every day, I absolutely recommend picking up this wealth of knowledge to keep handy on your personal bookshelf.

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Happy are those who respect the Lord and obey him. You will enjoy what you work for, and you will be blessed with good things. Psalm 128: 1-2

I have been following Dr. Josh Axe for a few years on his website and through his other books, so I was eager to get a sneak peek at Ancient Remedies through NetGalley. I was not disappointed at this latest offering in the field of natural health. Since this is a non-fiction book, I will separate my review comments of the content and the format of the book.

Concerning the content, I was already a big believer in natural health, and Dr. Axe delves deep into ancient theories here, mainly "Traditional Chinese Medicine," aka TCM. This way of thinking makes a lot of sense to me and also feels empowering, since the premise is that our bodies are made to heal themselves if they are maintained properly, which is a big "if." In our society of nutrient-depleted soil, processed foods, toxins, stress and poor diet, many of us have a difficult time keeping our bodies in the condition that is needed to combat the above risk factors. In this book Dr. Axe discusses how we can use some of the principles of TCM to maintain our health. One of the most powerful quotes from the book is this one that emphasizes the importance of building one's immune system rather than relying on Western medicine. "One problem with relying on a new drug or vaccine to target a virus is there will always be another virus, which requires another medication or immunization. But if you build your immune system, which is designed to fight off all manner of foreign pathogens, you will not only protect yourself from dangerous bugs, but you also reduce your risk of cancer, diabetes and other chronic conditions."

I could get on board with the strategies of improving your diet through healing foods, adding supplements and herbs, using essential oils, reducing stress and improving your emotional and spiritual well-being. I was less clear on how to make use of the ancient element theory, qi theory, yin and yang, and cold and heat. Those sections explained some background of TCM, but they were less useful to me on a practical level.

I appreciated how Dr. Axe states he is not completely against pharmaceutical drugs or Western medicine. He just believes that natural methods should be employed first instead of as a last resort, as some do now. He says, "Western medicine still dismisses these ancient remedies as 'alternative.' But it's arrogant to marginalize thousands of years of wisdom." Indeed, he cites a statistic that 80 percent of the world's population relies on herbal medicine as a primary source of treatment.

As for the format of the book, I liked how the chapters were broken into small sections with headings that made the flow clear and easy to follow. The sections that were most useful to me were the large section of recipes and the remedies for specific conditions.

I will recommend this excellent health book to readers who are interested in learning how to take charge of their own health in a natural and traditional manner.

Thanks to the publisher Little, Brown and Company and NetGalley for a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book explains the whole concept of individualized health care and the use of ancient remedies like traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda and the five element system. I could relate to the idea that human beings are all inherently different and so there is no one treatment, diet, etc. that helps everyone. The idea that our emotions are an integral part of both our good health and diseases resonates. The descriptions and explanations were very easy to understand. Chapter 12 lists specific remedies for over 70 specific conditions which is a plus. Definitely a book I would recommend to someone “new” to “alternative” medicine. But also just as relevant to those who have been on the natural health bandwagon for some time. What I liked most was having so much great information all together in one book.

Loved this book so much! This is the kind of book that I can go back to and read over and over. There is so much information. I took so many notes. I will for sure have to go back to study it more. I know this is not for everyone, but I take it that if you decided to buy it then you are trying to change your health by reading this very informative book and to try the natural path and get off all those pills.

Thank you NetGalley, Little, Brown and Company and Dr. Josh Axe for the advance readers copy of Ancient Remedies for my honest review.

I loved this book! Lots of really informative information on natural remedies for whole health and wellness. Also, provides recipes for healthy meals. I will be purchasing this book.

I was introduced to Dr. Axe a few years ago so I knew right away I wanted to read this book. I love his social media posts and website as he has a lot of helpful information that's broken down for people who may be switching to the natural side of things. I think this book is another break down of different concepts. I knew some things already but he has a little portion in here about Chinese medicine which resonated with me because it's an area I want to dive a little deeper into. One thing that I still don't agree on his the consumption of essential oils and in this book he says its OK. I completely disagree but that's just my opinion.

Overall, this was a great book and I appreciate being able to read an arc copy!

Dr. Josh Axe, a familiar advocate for natural remedies, revisits some guideposts from his previous publications but builds on them with a multicultural lens. Those familiar with the wisdom of Dr. Axe will appreciate the connections to ideas he's promoted for years. There are helpful tools for the reader to make shopping lists of their own and build an arsenal of healthful advice for using food as medicine. Additional charts and graphs and self-report quizzes make it easy to assess for yourself possible causes for ailments. While Western medicine is referenced, it is intriguing to look through the tried and true methods of the past to analyze common health problems of today. This is a tool to promote total health.

Dr. Josh Axe is a holistic medical professional whose work I have followed for a number of years. Ancient Remedies explains a lot about Chinese medicine, which is a 5000 year old medical discipline which is being used more in the West. The explanations of this were good for a lay person. He gives a quiz for the reader to help determine which elemental type they are and what foods to eat and avoid. I found this section very interesting and the foods for my type were pretty accurate.
The book gives dietary suggestions taken from ancient medical wisdom to avoid the modern processed foods sugar, refined grains and processed oils, eat fermented foods and all natural whole foods. There are chapters on herbs, cannabis and CBD, and essential oils. These chapters are good introductions to these topics, but may not go into enough detail for people who have a deep interest in any of these topics. The best section of the book, in my opinion, is where "prescriptions" are given to heal over 70 conditions with ancient remedies. It gives food to avoid and foods to add, herbs and supplements to take, essential oils to use, and other remedies to consider. There are also a number or recipes using traditional foods.
For someone who would like a good introductory overview of traditional medicine this would be a useful book. I received a complementary copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I have always been a lover of health and rationales or the science behind medicines. I have been enmeshed in Western Medicine for over 25 years and wondered if there is a different or better way to care for our bodies. I am fully appreciative of what research has afforded us and I think there is room to return to the basics and utilize more of what is naturally present in the world around us. There are some great insights to be gleaned from this guide and I know I will reference it again. I received a complimentary copy from the publisher via NetGalley and all opinions expressed are my own, freely given.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review. Dr.Josh Axe is very informative in ways to do what is best for your body. This book has so much information on tried and true remedies, many that my ancestors used. For so many, pharmacies have replaced herbs, but if you are interested in a more natural approach, this is a good book to start, I can see it being one that I refer back to often!

What a great book! I really enjoyed reading it and I love all the tips! My grandma always used food and herbs as remedies plus prayer and essential oils so this book reminds of my grandma that passed away. It's a great companion and I love reading about how food can help healing so many things. This book also has some great recipes at the end and I can't wait to try them. This is a must have book! I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review