Herbal medicine has gained wide acceptance as a proven, effective health option. It has never sought to be regarded as a replacement option. Being natural, herbal medicine seeks only to provide the first stage of remedy because it is more gentle and without the side effects which chemical drugs so often induce. In this book, a practising herbalist guides you through the many possibilities of safe home treatments, as they relate to specific health areas and problems. He covers the necessary background and provides specific recipes for you to produce your own medicines. Preface The pressures and tensions of modern living have created many medical problems which, despite the constant flow of new drugs from the pharmaceutical companies, often still resist treatment. One of the more distressing of these ailments is that of sexual weakness or impotency, since our style of life in the Western World seems centred on the image of super-virility and 'machismo'. Unfortunately, ordinary men and women rarely live up to this projected image and a sense of inadequacy and frustration can quickly set in when problems arise, particularly since of all medical conditions, help for sexual difficulties - or, the desire to gain increased virility- is one of the most difficult to obtain. For hundreds of years herbal medicines have been known to be of help for problems such as these, and this book is aimed at helping you to find your way through the many possibilities for home treatment.