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The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in Dying

Jean marmoreo , johanna schneller.

288 pages, Hardcover

Published September 27, 2022

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• Publication date Sept. 27 2022
• Dimensions 14.55 x 2.51 x 21.62 cm
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking (Sept. 27 2022)
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The Last Doctor

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Dr. Jean Marmoreo spent her career keeping people alive. But when the Supreme Court of Canada gave the green light to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in 2016, she became one of a small group of doctors who chose to immediately train themselves in this new field. Over the course of a single year, Marmoreo learns about end-of-life practices in bustling Toronto hospitals, in hospices, and in the facilities of smaller communities. She found that the needed services were often minimal—or non-existent. The Last Doctor  recounts Marmoreo's crash course in MAiD and introduces a range of very different and memorable patients, some aged, some suffering from degenerative conditions or with a terminal disease, some surrounded by supportive love, some quite alone, who ask her help to end their suffering with dignity and on their own terms. Dr. Marmoreo also shares her own emotional transformation as she climbs a steep learning curve and learns the intimate truths of the vast range of end-of-life situations. What she experiences with MAiD shakes her to her core, makes her think deeply about pain, loneliness, and joy, and brings her closer to life's most profound questions. (From Penguin Canada )

Jean Marmoreo is a doctor, writer, advocate, athlete, and adventurer. She is a specialist in end-of-life medicine and was one of the first doctors in Canada to provide MAiD — Medical Assistance in Dying — when it became legal in 2016. Jean was a regular columnist for  The Globe and Mail  and  The National Post. Johanna Schneller is a journalist and has been published in a variety of publications, including  Vanity Fair, InStyle, Premiere, More,  and  Ladies Home Journal . Johanna co-wrote the bestselling book  Uncontrollable  with Mark Towhey and  Woman Enough  with Kristen Worley.

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'the tree doctor' chronicles one woman's response to a series of life-changing crises.

Michael Schaub

At the beginning of Marie Mutsuki Mockett's latest novel, The Tree Doctor , the unnamed narrator considers her mother's garden, which has fallen into some disrepair. She is particularly concerned about a series of particular flowers: "Many plants in the garden seemed to be faltering, but the fuchsias, which she had loved as a child and which supplied food for the hummingbirds, who would now have less to eat, were one wrong thing too many."

Her attempt to save the fuchsias leads her to a whirlwind relationship that confirms to her what she already, in the back of her mind, knows: Her life as a wife and mother has caused her to neglect herself, and she needs to save herself even more urgently than she needs to rescue her mother's flowers. The Tree Doctor is an excellent novel, one that beautifully chronicles one woman's response to a series of life-changing crises.

The narrator of The Tree Doctor has come to her hometown of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, from Hong Kong, where she has been living with her husband and two daughters, working as a literature teacher at a private university. She has returned to move her mother — chronically ill throughout most of her adulthood, and now newly diagnosed with dementia — to a care facility.

The trip wasn't supposed to be long-term, but a new viral pandemic, which has shut down non-essential air travel, has thrown a wrench in her plans. She is sheltering at her mother's house, teaching her students The Tale of Genji remotely, and spending a lot of time in her mother's elaborate garden, the state of which worries her. Besides the fuchsias, she is particularly concerned with an ailing tree she has dubbed Einstein "because of the way its branches stood atop the silver trunk, like the stray wisps of the brilliant physicist's hair."

She calls a nursery for help, and meets the titular tree doctor, a man named Dean who she is instantly intrigued by. He offers to visit her house to inspect the ailing flowers and trees and, after she gives him a slice of pound cake, kisses her in the garden, a gesture that "went beyond a thank-you for the cake and into the realm of exploration. She was now a territory to be explored."

The two begin an affair, which the narrator does her best to navigate; she hasn't had sex with her emotionally unavailable husband in six years. The sexlessness of her marriage isn't the only symptom of the relationship's decay — her husband is a somewhat boorish workaholic whose conversations with his wife are limited to ones about whatever he has read on Twitter that day. Dean, by contrast, asks the narrator questions and listens to her answers. When Dean asks her if she feels guilty about their affair, she's ambivalent: "She had been curious about sex, and then they had had sex. She supposed she felt guilty, or might eventually, but she also felt certain that to say she felt guilty at this moment might mean there would be no more sex, and that was not an outcome she wanted."

The novel ends where it has to, with no false notes and nothing approaching melodrama. It bears no real similarities to The Bridges of Madison County , where the male lover is presented as a kind of savior — the narrator doesn't need to be saved, and even if she did, Dean wouldn't be the one to do it. That's one of the surprises of the novel: While Dean does possess a laconic, rugged masculinity, he is deeply flawed, declining to tell the narrator his last name or give much information about his past or the club of men to which he belongs. He also has an unendearing childishness to him, given to bouts of flakiness.

The narrator's awakening comes from herself, not from Dean, and certainly not from her husband. She has come to realize that her roles as a wife and a mother have left her in a kind of chokehold: "She was full of feeling and she wanted it to extend into areas of life beyond simply caring for others. She had been able to suppress this great emotion much of the time, but now, with the virus swaddling the globe and confining her here in the garden, her own desires had overtaken her capacity for self-suppression."

Mockett's prose is beautiful, and she handles the book's heavy themes of illness and isolation perfectly, occasionally leavening them with humor. (In one conversation, her older daughter alerts the narrator that her other child has developed a worrisome predilection for "Barbie torture" YouTube videos.) This is a wonderful novel, wise and sensitive, and a stunning reflection on how we reinvent ourselves when we're left with no other choice.

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At the end of the latest episode, which aired on Tuesday, April 2, Noah Galvin’s Dr. Asher Wolke suffered an antisemitic attack that ended his life.

After Asher assisted a patient’s wedding, he drove the rabbi back home, where they encountered a couple of thugs vandalizing the synagogue. Asher told them to leave and they would not have a problem with the first assailant saying, “What do you care?”

“He’s a Jew, too,” the second thug said.

Asher added, “I am a Jew. A gay one, in fact, and I’m calling the cops.”

After believing everything had been resolved and there would be no problems, the couple of thugs returned and struck Asher’s head, leaving him for dead.

A title card at the end of the episode reads, “If you or anyone you know has experienced antisemitism, racism, anti-LGBTQ+ related incidents or hate crimes, or if you want to learn more about what you can do to stop hate, please visit splcenter.org.”

Asher was introduced in Season 4 when Galvin joined The Good Doctor as a recurring. He was promoted to a series regular at the end of that season.

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Fifteenth doctor reviews ninth & tenth eras of doctor who.

The Fifteenth Doctor actor Ncuti Gatwa offers up his review of the Ninth and Tenth Time Lord eras of Doctor Who, which will soon return for season 14.

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• Gatwa's admiration for the Ninth and Tenth Doctor eras, overseen by Russell T Davies, is good for the series.
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Fifteenth Doctor actor Ncuti Gatwa comments on the two previous Doctor Who eras. Following David Tennant’s brief return as the Fourteenth Doctor, Gatwa has stepped in to play the next Time Lord. Accompanied by companion actors Millie Gibson and, later on, Varada Sethu, Gatwa’s first full season, Doctor Who season 14 , will soon kick off on May 11.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly , Gatwa shares his thoughts on the Ninth and Tenth Doctor eras. Gatwa recounted his experience binging every Doctor Who episode that featured Christopher Eccleston and Tennant. Doing this came easy to Gatwa, as he “ just fell in love with it ” while watching the seasons to prepare for the role. Check out the full quote from Gatwa below:

I just fell in love with it. It was so easy to put my phone in airplane mode and just not reply to anyone because this show was taking all my attention.

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It is extra important that Gatwa looks up to Davies’ previous work on the series, as it represents their creative alignment.

While it is great that Gatwa loves any and all parts of the franchise, the seasons to which he is referring are of particular importance for the upcoming season of Doctor Who . The Ninth and Tenth Time Lord eras stem from Russell T Davies' original tenure as Doctor Who showrunner , which spanned from 2005 to 2010. After a hiatus from the series, Davies made his return to Doctor Who for last year’s 60th anniversary specials, and will act as showrunner again for season 14.

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In preparation for the upcoming season of Doctor Who , Davies has mentioned that he would like to return the show to its roots. This is potentially motivated in part by Davies’ desire to rework the controversial storylines created by his predecessor, Chris Chibnall. By returning Doctor Who to the spirit of the previous seasons, Davies can perhaps win back over those who were frustrated by Chibnall's decisions. Thus far, this is going well, as the Doctor Who 60th anniversary episodes and holiday special have done well on streaming.

Thus, it is extra important that Gatwa looks up to Davies’ previous work on the series, as it represents their creative alignment. His careful study of the Ninth and Tenth Doctor eras will also make it more likely that the new Time Lord actor takes after some of the positive elements of Eccleston and Tennant’s performances. From the brief glimpse of his Time Lord thus far, it seems that audiences are responding positively to Gatwa’s Doctor Who portrayal. Hopefully, he can continue that momentum and become as well-liked as the previous Time Lords that he was enamored by.

Doctor Who season 14 will stream on Disney+ and BBC iPlayer.

Originally premiered in 1963, Doctor Who is a sci-fi series that follows a powerful being known as a Time Lord, referred to as the Doctor. Using an interdimensional time-traveling ship known as the TARDIS, the Doctor travels time and space with various companions as they solve multiple problems and help avert catastrophe as much as they almost cause it. Though the Doctor is always the same character, they experience regenerations, allowing them to be recast every few seasons as a unique immortal being with new personality traits.

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The Home Doctor: Book Review

A stockpile is only as good as its weakest link.

In my case, that’s always been medicine and emergency care. I had all the long-lasting foods, water, guns, and ammo I needed, but I was never that comfortable with the thought of taking care of my family’s health problems when there is no more 911 to call.

That’s when I decided to order a book that I had been hearing a lot about lately.

The Home Doctor promises to teach a regular Joe like me what meds to stockpile and what medical procedures I need can perform on my own, at home—you know, stuff like setting a broken bone and bandaging and stitching a wound but also things like how to manage Type-2 diabetes or joint pain.

When I ordered  The Home Doctor , it said delivery to my doorstep would take around a week. It arrived a few days sooner, so that was quite a welcome surprise.

I took the package inside, and one of the first things that struck me was that it was on the heavy side.

The book looked pristine, as if it had been freshly printed that morning and I could tell that even if the package looked like it had seen a few rough bumps along the way to my house, the book had not suffered any damage.

I liked the cover as well although I might have gone with something different. At first you could think it’s a book for home repairs.

Thankfully it’s not!

The Home Doctor is a book written by frontline doctors from Venezuela to help regular people take care of their health problems without doctors or hospitals… and even without electricity or water. I found that fascinating. It’s 300 pages, so it’s a big book, all in vivid colors.

And that’s important for two reasons in my experience: First, I knew that if this book was just a few dozen pages, like others I had found on Amazon, it would most likely not have me medically covered when the SHTF. And secondly, I prefer color and not black and white as it makes everything easier to distinguish.

As I started to thumb through my new book, I could tell the paper was of good quality, and both the text and the images looked sharp. The Home Doctor should be able to take some wear and tear over the years. I can see a copy of it making it on my bug-out bag shortlist .

After doing a bit of reading cover to cover, I returned to the table of contents. It’s basically structured head to toe. What I mean by that is that the book starts off with mental health issues then continues with head and neck trauma and just moves down from there until all the major organs and systems that make up your body are dealt with.

I was glad to see that all the major health problems you can expect to run into during your life, and especially during dark times, were well covered: bacterial and fungal infections, ulcers, open wounds, chronic pain, fractures, toothaches, tooth abscesses, hernias, and gallstones but also things like high blood pressure, arthritis, heart attacks, strokes, and many others.

One thing I was afraid of before the book arrived was that it would read like a medical treatise and that I’d have to look up medical terms on the Internet or other books… but thankfully that’s not the case.

The authors did a good job writing it in a simple, clear format. They also used plenty of pictures to make it easy for a would-be “home doc” like me to move through a do-it-yourself medical procedure .

The images inside the book are precise diagrams that leave little to no room for error. I like the fact that they don’t assume any expert knowledge on the reader’s part.

This makes some parts of the book seem a little bit repetitive, but I’d rather have that than make any kind of mistake when taking care of a stab or gunshot wound.

Another thing some may take offense at are how graphic some of the images are, but I guess that is the price you have to pay if you want to make sure you’ve identified both the right condition and how severe it is. For example, hemorrhoids come in four different stages, and each one requires a different line of treatment.

Something else I liked is how many ingenious ways to treat their patients docs over in Venezuela actually managed to come up with: Listerine as a disinfectant, turning a paper clip into a surgical hook, cabbage leaves to remove an ingrown toenail, taking care of a stye with a wooden spoon, and the list goes on and on.

Many of these are time-tested folk remedies that our grandparents used before the age of modern medicine, and if you’re as old as I am, you’ll probably be glad to find some from your own youth inside The Home Doctor.

Like I said in the beginning, I bought this book to round out my medical preparedness for the next crisis . It certainly delivered on that front, showing me exactly what antibiotics, painkillers, and other medicines and supplies I need to stockpile and how to use them to save myself and others.

But now I think this book might be just as valuable even outside a crisis.

As the years go by and health problems start to rear their ugly head, I’ll be able to quickly reference The Home Doctor in case of a heart attack or stroke.

As you’ll discover, there are simple things you can do in seconds, like pouring a vial of nitroglycerine under your tongue, that can keep you alive long enough for the paramedics to reach you.

And you can’t really put a price on that.

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well its a good thing fish antibodics are around still . sadly they rose high up in price.

Not sure i would want to lug around a book like that in my BOB but its a neat book to have. Might wanna practice the things inside the book before thinking you got it all good 2 go.

I have yet to decide if this book is worth the $50 I paid for it. Obviously, a “hair on fire” sales pitch worked with me.

nope, not worth it.

i sadly bought this book and it is NOT worth it. you can find all this stuff online and for free. i’m on a fixed income so this was a costly mistake.

in times like there has been projected there will be no access to the internet or anything else. we will be living in hell and trying to survive when everything we know today is gone.

Remember this is a prepping site. In a catastrophe there won’t be any “online” and there won’t be any routine health care.That’s the whole point of having the book. –Paul S.

but .. when SHTF … I don’t think there’s going to be a internet but again, maybe sat net? n phones? hmm…. may need more info.

Not worth the money. Learned more in grade school health class. There was really nothing in it that you could use for “at home” care. Horribly misleading advertising.

Not worth the money and the refund policy has not been honored after multiple attempts to contact customer support.

I never received this item I ordered it back in february

I just received my copy of The Home Doctor a few days ago. I think it’s going to be a great help for managing many medical situations. I’ve ordered the recommended medical “necessities” to have at home and even found some antibiotics for emergencies. The one thing I have found is an Index for the book. It doesn’t seem to have one. That’s the one thing that’s disappointing to me personally. Very disappointing in fact. In case of a sudden need for information, there’s no way to quickly look it up. I’m going to scour the book better today, but an index can’t be found in the front or the back of the book where they’re usually located. If I’m just missing it and being a dunce, would someone please reply to my comment and let me know where to look? Other than the index, the information IN the book is GREAT. I wish there was something covering edema. I haven’t found it yet. Maybe an index would be good.

The index is in the front Also, it would be a good idea for anyone with the book to go through it now and get familiar with it. As a homeopath and herbalist I can tell you that if someone just gets a book and puts it on a shelf just in case then they will be very surprised how difficult it would be to figure everything out in an urgent situation. Just sayin

That comment should read “haven’t” found an index.

I got digital version (by mistake) but am pleased with the info. The recipe for a salve to help sleep was worth price of book and it works. I have made it for others now

Save your money. Most of it is common sense stuff and none of it actually gives you instruction on how to assist outside of calling 911. Heavy on the COVID scamdemic c**p so that should tell you all you need to know about trusting anything in it. I would throw it away but I wouldn’t want someone to retrieve it thinking they had something useful. Kind of like one of those “grassroots” things that is actually well funded corporate. My guess this is a marketing program of big med or big pharma. Again, think of all the peroxide and bandages you could but for the cost of this.

I could market a list of what I have in my medicine cabinet and what each item is for and you’d be way ahead of any “knowledge” you get from this book. I am from a family of 11 kids and when you have 11 kids, you don’t run to big med for everything and you use tried and true treatments passed down from family who didn’t have the luxury of running to big med. You also get experience in everything with that many kids. Seriously, spend your money on things for your home instead of beemers for already rich doctors.

This book is way overrated. Don’t waste your money. It also recommended a 2nd book at checkout which I paid for and never received.

Well, I guess the reviews have it. There is a reportedly better book out written by a real doctor and his RN wife called something like. “When there is no doctor” which is available on Amazon which has gotten good reviews in every review I have read about it. I think I have it in my library but am too lazy to go check.

The book is excellent! a must have in these times…it’s clear and to the point. Anyone who doesn’t like it must be bots for big Pharma!

Okay, I went to Amazon and looked it up. It is “The Survival Medicine Handbook by Joseph Alton, MD and Amy Alton, APRN (whatever that is) and Amazon has it for $35. Spiral bound $89.

I have only seen good reviews about this book.

LCC, thanks for the info, I searched for “The Survival Medicine Handbook by Joseph Alton” and a lot of books for sale with a wide range of prices, here’s a link:

https://www.bing.com/search?q=The+Survival+Medicine+Handbook+by+Joseph+Alton&form=ANNTH1&refig=84d70235d23740de9ac3642c04de3518

‘Where there is No Dr’ is still a good book. I bought that after downloading a pdf because I like hard copy. Would love a review of the Alton’s book though

“APRN” Advanced Practice Registered Nurse include nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives. Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists can write med prescriptions. Not sure if midwives can write prescriptions.

Forget other countries an focus on your own home ground

Yo Raven! We are all proud of you for not commenting any negative bulls**t today. Keep up the good work.I always new there was hope for you.

Thanks Chuck i will think postive thoughts of you wishing we could hug it out shirtless.

Book is definitely NOT worth the money. I thought it was going to be more of a How To book but instead it was a picture book of things we probably won’t encounter and pictures of the doc in others countries. Do not waste your money. These prepped people seem a lot more like scam artists

Terribly disappointed in this book, and the digital information that came with it!!!! Will never buy anything with the name Claude Davis on it again!!

I purchased this book, it seems very informative, however… You get none of the recipes for any of the Tintures for handmade medication’s… You will not find any of that in this book unless you order the digital book which I did not so it was a big waste of money to me because a lot of it is common sense. If I would’ve gotten all the recipes and how to create things from your backyard as they showing all the commercials I probably would have a different kind of review but I wouldn’t waste your money on this because you don’t get what they’re advertising.

Hello. Excellent book review. I like to read this kind of content because it teaches us a lot. And I try to practice writing academic articles in order to gain as much experience as possible. But to be honest, it doesn’t work very well so far. Therefore, sometimes I turn to nursing homework help service for help when I do not have enough time or I want to be completely sure of the quality of the work done.

I am glad that the authors of such books give useful advice to all people who do not understand the necessary science. After studying at the college, I want to become a teacher and I think about how to be able to perfectly explain complex things to students. I often read various explanatory essays basic and I am surprised how the authors manage to explain important topics in simple words. In the future, I want to publish a similar book, which will be a guide for beginner teachers, I hope I succeed.

Very interesting article, thank you.

How to Oder “Home Doctor” when I get pd next week?

I bought this book “home doctor Practical medicine for every household”; with the understanding that I could return for a full refund, if didn’t want it. But they didn’t send me info about how to return it.

Would you happen to have any return infor for this? Would you be so klind to send this info to my E-mail? Thank you.

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When Scott Turow’s debut novel, “ Presumed Innocent ,” was published in 1987, it was immediately apparent that a new master of the legal thriller had arrived. Turow’s novel was a propulsive, astonishingly assured creation that had it all: a dark, brooding undertone, a satisfyingly convoluted plot, an intriguing central mystery and some of the most electric courtroom scenes ever put on paper. In the decades since, Turow has written 10 more novels, each one focused on the men and women whose lives have been shaped by their commitment to the law, and to the inevitably imperfect pursuit of justice.

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Pafko is co-founder of a research firm (Pafko Therapeutics) responsible for developing g-Livia, a new anti-cancer drug that promises unprecedented results. Through the first year of an extended trial period, g-Livia lives up to that promise, leading to many beneficial outcomes. During the second year, a number of test subjects sicken and die, bringing testing to a halt and leaving g-Livia with an uncertain future. Compounding the problem, Pafko is accused of two related offenses: altering the data to hide the problem from the Food and Drug Administration and selling off a large block of stock before that data could be made public. At the age of 78, accused of fraud, insider trading and multiple counts of homicide, he faces the very real prospect of life in prison.

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The trial that follows is a complex and highly technical affair. Turow has done his homework, and his incremental presentation of the evidence not only illuminates the legal issues involved, but it also offers a thorough, digestible account of the steps — research, development, testing — by which a newly created drug is brought to market. Turow is particularly good at integrating this arcane material into a dramatic narrative. Readers of “The Last Trial” will find themselves both entertained and painlessly educated.

The question of Pafko’s guilt or innocence is the novel’s central mystery, but there is a corollary mystery involving a near-fatal car crash that may have been a deliberate attempt on Sandy Stern’s life. Turow teases out these mysteries with immense skill and deliberation. The result is another intelligent page turner by an acknowledged master. Turow, though, has always been more than a popular entertainer. He is a first-rate novelist for whom the world of the courtroom — a world in which the justice done is only “rough and approximate” — becomes the vehicle for intense investigations into the varieties of human frailty.

Beneath its surface level of legal, medical and scientific detail, the narrative slowly unearths a history of greed, vengeance, intellectual dishonesty and acute family dysfunction. By the trial’s end, the reader — along with Stern — will come to understand the choices, compromises and outright lies that hide beneath the distinguished facade of Pafko’s public life.

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“The Last Trial” is a novel about the complex process of coming to judgment, bringing order and partial clarity to the daily parade of human perversity. In the end, it is Stern’s judgment, not that of judge or jury, that carries the greatest weight for the reader. In confronting his old friend’s failings, Stern is also forced to confront his own. In what is, appropriately, a kind of summation, he must take a hard look at both the forces that have shaped his life — childhood trauma, fear of poverty — and the relationships, with his wives, his children and the law itself, that have sustained him, however imperfectly. No one tells this sort of story better than Turow. No one has illuminated the human side of the legal profession with such precision and care. “The Last Trial” is Scott Turow at his best and most ambitious. He has elevated the genre once again.

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The Last Trial

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The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies Review – Worth the Money?

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies: The Healing Power of Plant Medicine by Dr. Nicole Apelian and Claude Davis is not quite as advertised. We'll discuss the good and the bad, and whether or not it's worth $37.

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies Review

The book is a 304 page reference guide to herbal medicine. It discusses natural remedies and medicinal plants common to North America, and includes color pictures of medicinal herbs.

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies features several sections:

• An Herbal Quick Reference Guide based on which ailment you want to treat.
• How to Harvest the Healing Power from Plants, which discusses basic herbal preparations.
• Backyard Plants
• Forest, Scrublands, and Woodlands
• Trees and Shrubs
• Mushrooms and Lichens
• Water-Loving Plants
• Household Remedies

On the official website, the video notes that there are three parts to the book, but this does not seem to be the case. They also keep mentioning “my grandfather's book”, but I didn't find grandpa in the actual book. There is a 30 day money back guarantee.

About the Author

According to page one of the book, The Lost Books of Remedies is “edited and written” by Nicole Apelian, PhD, and copyrighted by Claude Davis.

On the cover of the book, it's credited to Nicole and Claude, but as I noted in our review of “The Lost Ways” , Claude is a fictional character made up by a marketing team.

Nicole has an impressive resume, with multiple degrees and a wide range of experience. She's practically Superwoman, and I admire her accomplishments.

She's lived with indigenous peoples, been featured on survival television shows, and teaches herbalism and survival skills. The book gives a brief mention of the herbs she uses for her multiple sclerosis.

In May 2020, the FTC issues her a warning letter for making unsubstantiated herbal claims . The FTC refuses to address Big Pharma unsubstantiated claims, so this is not a particular concern to me.

Book Highlights

The Herbal Quick Reference guide offers nearly 20 pages of herbal suggestions for treating everything from broken bones to snake bites. It lists the condition, then directs the reader to the related herb entry later in the book.

The “How to Harvest” section gives instructions for harvesting and drying herbs, and making simple herbal preparations such as infusions, salves, and poultices.

Most of the book is filled with herbal monographs providing information on identification and use of specific plants. There are over 100 plants from around the United States, listed by common name and scientific name. Each entry includes one or more color photos, and there are general instructions for use.

Why I Don't Recommend The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies does not identify the USDA zone where the plants grow. There is no bibliography or reference section, so we have no source materials for the text. The book has thin pages, and reviews on amazon note some books had missing pages.

My biggest issue with the book is inaccurate information.

The first and most important rule that I learned about foraging wild plants is to make sure to correctly identify the plant. Misidentification could be deadly if you mistake a toxic plant for a non-toxic lookalike.

They claim the leaves and stalks of burdock are good raw or cooked. This is not correct. Here's a better description from The Forager's Harvest by Samuel Thayer :

Some authors report that the young leaves of burdock are edible, adding that they should be parboiled in a few changes of water before consumption. Perhaps there is some semantic loophole by which such horrific greens can be admitted to the “edible” classification, but burdock leaves have achieved quite a level of infamy among wild food enthusiasts. They are so bitter, in fact, that handling them will leave a bitter residue on your fingers that will pollute any food you touch thereafter.

Almost all the photos in the book are stock photos, and sometimes stock photos have the wrong label.

It's a common mistake for people who don't know herbs to grab a stock photo that is labeled as a specific plant without double checking the identification. The book shows “burdock” that is clearly thistle, and “red clover' that isn't red clover. If they can't make time to check photos for accuracy, what else did they get wrong?

I suspect that the book was hurriedly compiled and not proofread with the attention to detail that it deserved.

Watch out for Contraindications and Drug Interactions

While the book focuses on how well herbal remedies work, there's little information on when they shouldn't be used. Some of these herbs have drug interactions, or are not recommended for those with certain conditions.

As an example, the book notes: “Warning: Do not use white willow in children suffering from low grade fevers. Do not take white willow if you are allergic to as aspirin. Do not use long term.” It does not mention liver interaction or pregnancy.

As a comparison, WebMD lists multiple pages of side effects, precautions, and interactions .

The advertising for The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies goes on at length about “finding your inner doctor” and how safe and simple it is to use herbs. Herbs are great, but if you want to use them like medicine, you need to treat them like medicine.

What I Recommend Instead of The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies

First, get a book that wasn't thrown together in a hurry without proper proofreading. There are many amazing herbal books available.

Second, if you really want to know what to do with herbs in case of emergency, get training. There are a wide variety of online herbal courses, or you may be able to find in person classes.

Some of my favorite herbal books include:

Backyard Medicine – this book has multiple gorgeous full color photos for each plant, with simple instructions the are safe for the beginning herbalist.

The Homesteader's Herbal Companion – geared to the homesteading lifestyle, this book includes herbs to grow and forage. There are many different recipes for human and animal care.

The Holistic Herbal by David Hoffman – this was one of my first herbal books, and it's still a favorite. There are herbal monographs, medicine making instructions, and troubleshooting based on ailment.

Other herbalists I trust and recommend include Richo Cech, Rosemary Gladstar, Stephen Buhner, and Matthew Alfs. Samuel Thayer's books are great for foraging edible plants. A reader recommended Heal Local by Dawn Combs.

If you want to take a course, check out The Herbal Academy . They have courses from beginner to advanced, and some of their courses don't cost much more than The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies.

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• Home Remedies that Work
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WOW! Thank you so much! I stumbled on this book review while looking for a review of a new book being pushed on Facebook which is Ancient Remedies Revived. I saw the book in this review pushed over a year ago but it didn’t really peak my interested. I’m so glad I read your review. I’m curious if you’ve seen the Ancient Remedies Revived and have any feedback on it.

I’ve been learning a bit about herbal medicine over the last couple of years. I’m redoing my back yard to start a small fruit, vegetable and herb garden primarily for eating, but I’d like to include some critical medicinal plants as well. I’d also like to learn more about the most useful medicinal plants (tinctures, blends, teas and ointments) for common ailments. I’m going to look into your recommendations in the articles and the comments below, but is there a “beginner” book you’d recommend as an introduction to common garden medicinal plants or common dried herbs that can be used for more everyday ailments?

Hi Melissa.

I haven’t read the Ancient Remedies Revived book, but it looks like it follows the same marketing style. Find the figurehead with the inspiring story, pack a book with basic herbal information, and market the heck out of it.

The pricing on the main website is questionable. $37, marked down from $130? Who charges $130 for a basic book? Both the ancientremediesrevived site and its sister site, herbsynergies, pop up out nowhere and suddenly have dozens of articles on them. You don’t see that unless they have a writing/marketing team and/or are using AI generated content. It’s all impersonal, with stock photos, which makes me wonder if there are any real herbalist behind any of it, or if it’s just a team creating content based on keyword research.

The publisher had me wondering as well. When I search “Greenhaven Press”, the top entry is a 30+ year old publishing company that write social studies books, most well known for their “Opposing Viewpoints” series. Looking through titles from that Greenhaven Press , these books are not there and do not fit in. So what “Greenhaven Press” is this?

The whole thing strikes me as a marketing team trying to make a buck on the latest trends, which isn’t a horrible thing, but I personally prefer to connect with people I trust. There are so many truly amazing herbalists out there who share their stories along with their herbal knowledge. It’s a much deeper experience to learn from that type of legacy – at least for me.

Second question – ask any two herbalists, and I’ll bet you’ll get two different answers to their “must have” herbs list. I like to build my herbal apothecary on what grows easily in a specific area. Others use a combination of what they grow and purchased herbs. Still others opt for all purchased, because they don’t have growing space.

I share some of my favorites in 11 Best Medicinal Herbs to Grow . These are all fairly easy to grow here in our area of northeast Wisconsin. The wonderful thing about most herbs is that they have multiple actions, so they can address many different ailments. The same herb can act to aid digestion, soothe skin, reduce inflammation, and so on. I have some recommended basic herbal books at the bottom of the article.

The article Real Healing Potions discusses how to make basic herbal preparations.

The Wildcrafting Resources article has some more of my favorites, though it looks like I need to do some photo updating, as amazon changed their linking system and some photos disappeared. The descriptions are all still in place.

My friend, Heidi from Healing Harvest Homestead, is hosting free herbal training on April 1st, 3rd, and 4th, discussing her choices for 5 best herbs. I’ll be giving a shout out for that training in the newsletter.

I was about to buy the book. I’m glad I saw the reviews. Thank you so very much. Saved me money.

Thank you for writing this. I bought the book a year ago and got rid of it the day it came. I saw so much incomplete info (vital) on plants I tossed it. I spoke to local foraging friends who also agreed it was garbage. I made a long tiktok video warning people about it. A year later it’s viral on TikTok. I hate that people are falling for it. And the scary thing is how widespread fake or paid for reviews and publicity is on it. Thank you for being one of the only truthful reviews.

They (the company that puts out these books) have a very well paying referral program, so it’s easy money for people who aren’t too fussy about the truth. Thank you for sharing your experience and helping to get the word out.

I wholeheartedly confirm this book is straight trash. Worst buy ever.

Nicole’s a scammer and her co-authors as well, never buy anything from them.

Hi again, I’d like to ask what do you think about this book? Dane De Luca Mulandiee Knowledge To Forage: Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants & Trees

I have not read that book, but after doing some research, I can offer some feedback on it.

The couple exists, and has a youtube channel and website. I’d suggest taking a look at their material online to see if you like the style of their presentation. They are based in the UK, so that may or may not be a best fit in terms of matching your growing conditions/plants available for foraging. The do appear to be actively engaged in gathering knowledge and sharing practical information as well as interesting folklore associated with the plants.

I do have some concerns about the layout of the book. They self-published, and it looks like they didn’t understand how to properly format the book, because there are no outside margins. As one reviewer pointed out in the video they shared, with use, the text on that outside edge is likely to take a beating and potentially become illegible. Hopefully at some point they will reformat and fix the issue. The book is good sized and literally packed with information – right to the edges of the 441 pages.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help 🙂 Regarding the Carla Emery book, it doesn’t matter which edition, they are all the same? Thank you

Carla Emery passed away in 2005, so any edition published after that date did not have any new information from her. The 50th Anniversary edition is nice because the paper is a little heavier and a little brighter than the older editions. (I originally got the 9th edition, but it’s getting pretty dog eared from use, so I also picked up the 50th anniversary edition.) When Carla was still alive, she kept updating the book, so later editions have more information than the earliest editions.

Thank you so much for the article!! And thank you for not teasing readers to read tons of pages but going straight to the point. I had a gut feeling and I never ordered any books from Claude Davis and I’m so happy I have found your articles! Thank you very much.

Hello Thank you for your article. I wish I had read it before I bought the book. There are discrepancies between what’s on the website descriptions and page numbers and the book description and page numbers. Also the book shown on the website is a single column page book with a different heading format. The one I received is a double column page book with a plain heading. I think maybe I have received an affiliate copy of the original. Upon further research I discovered there are many affiliates marketing this book, even from India and Belgium. So a warning to your readers, Be Aware, Do The Research! Al

The Lost Ways company has a powerful marketing machine. I started digging a little more based on your comment, and found their affiliate signup page.

Opening text on the page is as follows:

New Product Insane Conversions Extremely Low Refund Rate 75% Commissions on Initial Sales 3 Upsells with 75% commissions Receive up to $144.50/sale $1.36 EPC so far (Overall) One sale for every 16 visitors on lists

With 75% commissions, it’s no wonder so many are willing to give them glowing reviews.

It’s now viral on TikTok. I keep trying to warn people.

Thank you. This is exactly the info I was looking for! I would like a book about making herbal remedies but I’m not planning to forage for ingredients or get them from my yard. Can you recommend a book with recipes for a little bit of everything? Thanks

Hi Yolanda.

There are so many good resources out there, including the ones mentioned in the article.

The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook by David Green is another interesting read, but it tackles the topic by sharing many different ways of preparing herbs. So – tons of recipes, but a little more work to figure out “if you are dealing with this, try this treatment”.

Laurie, This is my first visit to your site and I appreciate that you spent time to critique the book, ‘The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies’. I purchased the book and like the content overall, but agree that it is incomplete and lacking the zones where each medicinal plant grows. I could have sent it back, but decided to keep it. Your critique is most helpful and needed as I have not spent much time foraging for medicinal plants in the wild. I do extensive vegetable gardens, berries, melons, and culinary herbs, but just started into growing some common medicinal herbs; such as chamomile, stevia, comfrey and burdock. I don’t have a lot of time in my day, but I will check back from time to time as your site is brimming with lots to read.🙋🏻‍♀️

Laurie, Your response to Dionne was just priceless! You didn’t lose your cool and you didn’t stoop to her level. I look forward to your emails and you don’t disappoint. “Kill ’em with kindness” is a great motto and you did just that. You are so capable, educated, informational and beautiful. I’ve copied so many of your recipes, canning tips, and food information over the years. Keep doing what you do – enlightening your readers!

Thank you, Susan.

Dear Laurie, When I read the “Dionne” thing, it popped into my head that I hope you sat back and were able to have a good belly laugh. Can’t you just picture this dum dum hitting “send” with her pithy message? Then turning to the mirror to fluff her bangs and check her lipstick, take another “selfie” for all her adoring Instagram fans and give a smug little “there, I told her”. Social media has given rise to “influencers” that think none of their body parts stink and troll out a never ending supply of mean,nasty, ignorant. Ignore and keep on keeping on, girl!!!

We are all beautiful in our own ways. I can’t believe someone thought that her opinion was in good intention. The golden rule…treat others how you want to be treated. Our world has enough negativity do better. Laurie is amazing just the way she is!

Common Sense Home Good News Letter 3/18/23 In regards to the persons email to you. Don’t let others opinion make you be any different than you are. Some people are so unhappy with themselves that they have to try to make others unhappy too. Keep up your great news letters!! The news letters are so very helpful to those of who want to have a better lifestyle.

Laurie, i’m surprised she didn’t question your fingernails too. She’d have a ball critiquing me with my braided hair and frumpy clothes. I’m less hesitant to kneel in the dirt in my mom jeans than i’d be in nicer jeans. I could use your skin saving salve on my 67 year old hide though. Heading in to find the recipe.

They could get together with the person complaining about my “man hands”.

Too funny! Personally, I think you gave the commenter much more attention than they deserved, haha! I for one (likely more) find it so refreshing to see people like me when I go online, rather than the carefully made up representatives we so often see. It used to be that only news anchors were that put together. Oh well, we all spend our time differently. I don’t want to get wrapped up in judgements. I appreciate the care you took to address their concerns when no defense was required. God bless you!

at first I was outrages and horrified by this very nasty and uncalled for attack on Laurie Neverman. It was extremely nasty and uncalled for and I was tempted to respond to it myself until I read Laurie’s incisive and definitive response!!! Bravo Laurie!!!

What does anything you’ve said have to do with the content of this article? You are about as uncouth as they come.

Laurie–I am so sorry that you had to endure Dionne’s comments. You were right in how you dealt with it. However, it wasn’t all a downer. She did compliment you on your “great content.” She said you had a great smile (you do) and plain is in the eye of the beholder. I think you looks are more than presentable. Are you Hollywood? No, thank God! Ever seen any of them sans makeup? Most are not very attractive imo. “This is how it feels to be critiqued and so if you are going to critisize be mindful and have some couth.”******************* This last has me stumped. I never remember you being rude in any of your evaluations.

Laurie Neverman, when I read he comment criticizing you, I thought it was rather picky and harsh…until I got to the last sentence. IMO, the comment was more about how you critiqued the book than it was about you personally (“This is how it feels to be critiqued and so if you are going to critisize be mindful and have some couth.”) And, if that was the point of the comment, it could have been made in a more straight forward and less passive aggressive manner. You’re great—I really enjpy everything you write.

Why some people are so superficial is beyond me. I appreciate your information and I’ve learned a great deal from your articles. Thank you.

How shallow and petty can a person be? Excellent reply to Dionne, Laurie! Thanks for all the work you put into your blog and always presenting pertinent, practical, precise information.

I’d be delighted to read your skin-care tips, if you still care to share them! Thanks! Best wishes, jill in California

Like everything else, I keep things pretty straightforward. Since I dealt with the psoriasis, I’ve been extra cautious with everything that goes on my skin.

Start from the inside out by eating quality food and staying hydrated. I normally wash my face before bedtime with Alba Botanica coconut face wash, as it doesn’t dry out my skin, and follow with a light layer of argan oil. Sometimes I use rosehip cream. I should probably start using that more regularly because of the whole aging thing.

I think if you are going to have your hair tied back all the time you should grow out your bangs and consider contacts as your glasses create an unpleasant glare. Be aware of how your clothing fits as it can be frumpy, you have a lovely smile and it wouldnt hurt to accent it with a touch of tinted gloss and dark brown mascara if you were open to that. This would help people to focus more on your great content and not be distracted by your plainness. This is how it feels to be critiqued and so if you are going to critisize be mindful and have some couth.

As the saying goes, “If you’re taking flak, you’re over the target.”

Your comment doesn’t address the issues with the book, which still stand. I don’t know Nicole personally, but she seems to be a very capable and talented person. Claude Davis is still a made up character. The photos are still wrong, which still suggests a poor attention to detail, which is not what I want in an herbal reference book.

To address your comments:

I have bangs. I wear them pushed to the side. I don’t like the long sheep dog bang look. It is not practical, and it is not visually appealing to me. I wear my hair in a braid because it is practical, because I work all day instead of posing for the camera.

I can’t wear contacts because I have age related meibomian gland atrophy, which causes dry eyes. This also makes me a poor candidate for surgical vision correction. If you weren’t so obsessed with appearance, you might have taken time to look around the site, and learn how I’ve been working on improving my vision naturally. Who knows, maybe one day you’ll get your wish and I won’t have to wear glasses, so the glare doesn’t inconvenience you.

My clothing is fitted for comfort and function, not fashion. If people want fashion, their are millions of online influencers who will provide it for them.

I have sensitive skin, so most makeup is irritating, so I choose not to wear it. I’m surprised that with your astute observational skills, you didn’t notice how smooth my skin is, especially give that I am in my 50s and spend so much time out in the sun. At one point I had psoriasis that made my skin look like a burn victim, so the fact that my skin is now smooth and clear is practically a modern day miracle. I could share my skin care tips, if you would be open to that.

If you would focus on the actual issues with the text instead of resorting to ad hominem attacks, it would help people to focus more on what really matters, and not be distracted by your rudeness.

I am mindful that many people judge solely on appearance, and are narrow minded and very superficial – like you. These are not our people.

Well crafted reply, Laurie. Bravo! As for your skin, it really is beautiful. It’s a pretty amazing comparison between the way your skin looks now in your videos and photos, to the way it looked in your articles written while you were struggling with psoriasis. I for one would be very interested in reading or watching a video with your skin care tips! Your skin looks younger than mine, and I am about 10 years younger than you! You wrote that you spend a lot of time in the sun, and that makes your skin care tips that much more intriguing.

There’s not a lot to tell, other than try to eat good food and stay hydrated. I definitely notice if my diet is “off” or I’m not sleeping well. With hitting mid-life, I don’t bounce back as quickly as I used to years ago. I forgot to mention in the other reply, I sometimes use collagen peptides in my coffee, and we eat bone broth and saturated fats.

I wash before bedtime with Alba Botanica coconut face wash, and follow with a light layer of Argan oil. Sometimes I use a little rosehip cream, too, but I should probably use it more often. I do wear a brimmed hat often when working outside. The glasses create glare for me, too, even with the anti-reflective coating.

Hello Laurie, Thank you for sharing your skin tips! Simple, and very effective. A great reminder to keep it simple, and not to fall for the hype! You and your website are a treasure trove of practical information, and it is so appreciated.

Yay! for Laurie! Laurie 1 Bimbo 0

That a girl Laurie…….great response!

Great answers to rather blatant overstep of shallow consumerism fashion ideals. You are very correct with practical clothing. Working gardens, caring for animals, and homestead chores requires simple sturdy shoes and clothing. Can’t imagine putting on make up, will the chickens notice! Keep up your great attitude. And as for glasses, perhaps that person was so distracted that she missed the important information you offer. Needs to be much more tolerant and/or accepting of others choices in dress and appearance . Fashion does not produce the food; dirt under the fingernails, sweat and labor, as well as sound knowledge of growing skills and husbandry knowledge. Keep going Laurie! There are many who love you just as you are and most likely have similar fashion closets, bring on the muck boots!

Hello. If I were judging by appearance, I think you look fine. I dress the same. If my husband and I go to something a bit fancy, I find suitable attire. I did not get this book you all are talking about. I did put the swisscow on. I will be searching around with it to see how it is. I am going to try your skin ideas. Thank you. Will you tell what the collagen peptide bran is that you put in the coffee? I do also wonder if anyone has had success with remedies for halting the progression of rheumatoid. This would be interesting. Thank you.

August is trying out another search site ( https://luxxle.com/ ) to see how it compares. We still haven’t found one that knocks our socks off, but google has definitely doubled down on promoting all things Big Pharma, Big Ag, and Man Made Climate Change.

Lately I’ve been using Perfect Supplements collagen peptides, as they test for glyphosate residue. That stuff is getting into everything and it’s so disruptive to your body’s microbiome. I know they have an affiliate program and sometimes offer some specials, so I’ll hunt down more info for the newsletter.

Arthritis is one of things I personally want to address moving forward. Just in the last year or so, I’ve started having some discomfort in my left shoulder that my chiro says is that. I started reading a book that claims to “cure” it, but I was about a third of the way in and the author just kept quoting other people saying various things about it, not offering a real plan. I’ll go back and finish the book, but I needed a break.

All the different “itises” get back to inflammation. Our body is attacking itself – but why?

I suspect it’s a combination of environmental toxins, impaired detoxification pathways, and inadequate nutrition from our current food supply, along with ongoing epigenetic “switches” being flipped due to years of exposure to these problems. This year we’re literally going to dig into the problem deeper, experimenting with ways to improve the nutrient density in our garden produce (and meat chickens and eggs) as high as possible. We also want to do more with food prep that makes the nutrients more available (like fermenting).

I’m hoping that as we do this, we’ll see corresponding health benefits. I also want to work more with specific food and herb based supplementation. I didn’t end up with all these aches overnight, so I don’t expect an overnight fix, but I am hopeful for improvement. At the very least, eating better should do no harm.

You need to sit down in silence, put your computer and phone away, and just think about what you put out into the world. Is this what you want to be? Do you think it might be better to put out positivity? would make you feel better about yourself, your life, people and the world? My guess is that you are unhappy with yourself, insecure and lash out at people that are happy and living their best life and doing the best they can. Try this instead…go out today and say something nice to one person. Anything. Their car, their hair, their dog, their purse, their nails. whatever. See the smile and reaction you get. Your comment is hurting you more than our “Common Sense Home” fine lady.

Darn woman, take your own advice. If you are going to critique someone’s appearance you have zero ground to stand on unless you post a picture and video of you the day you are posting, and then open yourself up to critiquing of your appearance. Except, that’s not the point of this website and the reviews of books/products. If you wanted to give unsolicited advice to Ms. Neverman on appealing to your demographic you could have sent her a personal message.

Have some couth.

Wow Dionne, not sure why you think your attack on Laurie was a good idea, it’s just come off as plain weird.

Laurie, ignore this mean girl commenter and I hope you have a beautiful day – it’s Mother’s Day here in the UK. So from one make up free Mother to another, enjoy the good people around you on this sweet day!

What the hell is wrong with you? You are absolutely horrible

Wow, Dionne. Maybe you need to read your last sentence. My Mama always told me that if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say it at all. I think Laurie looks just fine. I have no problem with her glasses or her clothes. I come here for the information, not a fashion show. I think what you said was hurtful and unkind. In fact, it hurts me to read unkind things about others. I don’t know Laurie, but I find her to be very helpful in sharing her information. So, please, when you write something you might want to read it again and ask yourself it this is something that I would want someone to write to me. My motto: Always be kind.

Dionne, not sure what in the world would prompt you to write something along those lines. The title of this blog post includes the word, “review” and by definition, according to Merriam-Webster: “to go over or examine critically or deliberately, or to give a critical evaluation of”. So, the point of this piece was to be critical….to critique. Maybe you aren’t familiar with the concept and the practice? Oh, wait, you do know how to be critical. You have that down pat. And whenever someone chastises another person for undesired behaviors, it is usually the instigator who needs chastising… the old saying about pointing a finger at someone else means there are three fingers pointing back at yourself… and in modern parlance, blame shifting. Again, who would say something unsolicited along those lines except someone who themselves may lack manners or couth. Take a moment and give this some thought and maybe apply it to yourself. Me? I apply every time I go to pontificate, educate, judge, comment or chime in. And today, I think you needed to hear it.

I bought a couple of Nicole’s books and received them within 2 weeks. Are you insinuating that Nicole is a fake?

I’m glad that you received your books promptly. Nicole is not fake. From what I have seen, she seems quite knowledgeable. The mistakes in the text are likely due to the team who assembled it, not Nicole.

Claude Davis is a made up character that has been played by different actors on their website and their youtube videos.

She makes the claim of healing her MS. That is a pretty big claim. What do you think? The book would be worth it just for the three tincture remedies for MS alone…if they work.

I’ll save you the money and quote you exactly what she says about those three tincture remedies:

“It (reishi mushroom) also has immune modulating effects. I take it daily, along with Turkey Tail and Lion’s Mane mushroom tinctures, for multiple sclerosis and believe that it greatly helps my condition.”

That’s all that’s included in the book on how she treats her MS.

I suspect that there’s more to the situation that she does not relate, due to potential liability, and that it doesn’t make a good sound bite for advertising.

If you are looking for natural alternatives for treating MS, I highly recommend watching Dr. Terry Wahls TEDx talk about how she put hers into remission. It’s at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc

I encourage you to research those mushrooms and other immune modulating herbs and diet choices, ideally using a different search engine than google. I’ve been getting fairly good results with swisscows.

Foraging Book, Sept 4, 2022:

Two things noted, and also for author Nicole:

1) After ordering, they did not respond with an Order Number, nor request my email for an Order Number. This is not usual. 2) In the wheelchair photo, the guy pushing it is hiding his face. 3) Also duly noted: 2020 FTC notice to author to redact claims about curing COV-19 with Turkey Trail, etc.

Your reputation is all you ultimately take with you. Please do not entrap people with phony presentations. Be aware that this is something that follows you the rest of your life.

I ordered this book from you a while ago and have not heard anything since. Any word?

We do not sell this book or advise anyone to get this book. If you look through the comments, you’ll find other people have also not received the books that they ordered from this company.

I’d suggest canceling the payment if possible.

I appreciated your review. I have not gotten this book, but I had seen a commercial on YouTube, and I thought my mom would be interested in it, so I wanted to find reviews about it. I was a little frustrated when some of the other professional reviews for the book were clearly written by people promoting the book, and not written by people giving an actual honest review about the book. I also think it undermines their review a little when they are using affiliate links for the book they are reviewing.

I thought the fact that so many of the professional reviews were clearly just promoting the book was a little sneaky, because they looked like they were either written by the company that published the book, or by people who are paid to promote it, and I think a good book wouldn’t necessarily need to do something as sneaky as writing fake reviews.

I think it’s troubling that the book got identifying pictures of plants wrong, because that could seriously harm someone, especially since they’ve included mushrooms in the book, and some mushrooms look very similar with one being edible and one being poisonous. That was the most troubling thing to me.

If you are making a medical book you really need to get the correct reference pictures for plants, herbs, and mushrooms (I know those are actually all plants). I also think the information about when to avoid certain plants should have been included. My mom has kidney problems, and I wouldn’t want her using anything that could potentially make that worse.

I don’t necessarily think it should have to list every possible drug interaction, though, because that could have added a lot of pages to the book, when someone could easily look up any drug they are on to see what herbal plants interact badly with it. Or a person could ask any pharmacist about drug interactions. I’m not sure if the book listed potential side effects, but I also think that probably should be included, because plants and mushrooms can cause side effects too. Although probably not as many as pharmaceutical drugs. I appreciate your honest review. I also appreciate your recommendations of other books you think are better.

Hey I made a poultice and it didn’t work. Please advise.

Just kidding.

Thanks for your insight and saving me $37. I will look elsewhere.

There are lots of good options out there that proofread a little more closely.

Also, raw honey, cabbage, and plantain are good for poultices, either together or separately. Once you start digging, it’s amazing how many common plants have been used for medicine at one time or another.

I ordered a book about foraging.

It was charged on my credit card it was ab e book. I did not want an e book i called to cancel order but so far have not received the credit.

Please advisw

If you can’t get the book company to respond, contact your credit card company and tell them to stop payment/contest the charge.

Hello Jean, If you use a credit card for Authorization and not receive any goods either in printed or electronic form (in this instance) you can have you credit card supplier charge back from the purchase for “non receipt of goods”. I have worked in this area. Ring up your bank or institution to confirm this. They may also call it by another name. A chargeback is a common terminology with Visa. If you explain your circumstances to your bank or institution they are usually more than happy to do this request.

Thanks for the information and your opinions. I took issue with your point about hiding behind a pen name. If it were only one author perhaps you would have a point. But Nicole clearly puts her name on the book so why would it affect the integrity of the content? I think she is more that qualified to write a book like this. I’m not sure why you take issue about her mentioning her grandfather’s book but not crediting it. Perhaps it was one that he wrote for himself or his family?

I didn’t say that Nicole was using a pen name, I took issue with this book likely being written by a team of writers who are using Nicole as a front person. I do not think that Nicole wrote this book, because from her other work, it doesn’t seem like she would make the mistakes that were made in this book.

Generally when I am reading books and they mention another book that they like or take inspiration from, I look up that book, too. I’ve found many good books that way. I was hoping that perhaps the book written by her grandfather (if I could find it) would be a better book.

Interestingly enough you mention her credentials Ph’d lived with native tribes ect…. you also hear all the time about some agency threatening someone about making”sensationalist claims” even though many have been proven in labs and universities not to mention from actual results in real life usage including Dr Mercola, Mike Adams, Dr. Wallach ect…

My point being that some of your reference’s are as trust worthy as nicole To reference something like webmd propaganda Machine isn’t a good source they also claim statin drugs aren’t that harmful to you I have a tendency to believe results over claims and I know of no one that Nicole has helped that hasn’t benefited from her knowledge including herself it’s kind of like how Dr. Wallach has cured almost every kid he has treated for autism but he can’t make “Sensationalist Claims” without some propaganda agency threatening him all because Big Pharma can’t control the actual substance

so proof isn’t in the book but in the results and that is what matters and the results of her knowledge is without question

as far as burdock goes that is just opinion hell most people have a hard time eating dandelion greens because they say they are bitter and yet i love them

How many Americans can eat Balut which is common delicacy with the Filipino people or The Maggot Cheese of Southern Corsica lol…. Just opinion

Thanks for the info and opinion

^Aren’t as trustworthy as Nicole

Nichole clearly knows her stuff, but the team that assembled the book made some mistakes. You can eat burdock if you like, but please use other books for cross reference as some of the identification images are incorrect.

The illustration on pg 35 IS a picture of burdock. Arctium, not rumex. Family of rhubarb.

I don’t know if we’re looking at the same book, as my page 35 has no image of Arctium lappa. It talks about encapsulating powdered herbs and herbal water infusions. The image that I’m referring to is identified as Arctium lappa (pg 83), and they show it with a prickly stem. Arctium lappa has a smooth stem. You can see photos at https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/arctium-lappa/

My mistake, perhaps; my book has a publish date of 2018, and does not include Nicole Apelian as co-author.

It’s probably a different version then, so different photos.

I have found this book extremely helpful and especially the pdf version of it where you can EASILY search for various herbs or diseases and use that as a jumping off point if I feel the need for corroboration from other sources. I have learned SO much and find it ti be a veritable gold mine! I agree: WebMD is part of Big Pharma and while a lot of their information may be good I always take it with a grain of salt.

Ugh…. I wish I had seen this before I ordered the book

They do have that money back guarantee, in theory, if you are disappointed. There’s a lot of information in it, but I would double check it with another source.

ALL info should be cross-referenced, yes?

Whenever you are identifying new to you plants, it’s always good to have a couple of different references for identification.

So do I James. I’ve ordered several books of this type, and it’s been about six months. I’ll try to get my money back and hope it’s not too late.

I wish they would send me my book I ordered it back in August I still have not received it. I get tons of email and while I was ordering they were trying to make me buy more books for deals. I don’t know how to contact them about my book I paid approximately $38.00.

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EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Reveals a First Look at Doctor Doom's Final Journey

In a CBR exclusive First Look, Marvel shares pages from the upcoming Jonathan Hickman/Sanford Greene Doctor Doom one-shot telling Doom's final battle

Doctor Doom is set to face his final battle this May in Doom #1, a story set in the near future by writer/co-plotter Johnathan Hickman and artist/co-plotter Sanford Greene, where Doctor Doom is forced to take on Galactus with the fate of the Marvel Universe on the line. The one-shot isn't out until next month, but Marvel is giving CBR an exclusive first look at five colored, but not yet lettered, preview pages from the comic book.

Hickman, of course, famously wrote Doctor Doom for years during his iconic run on the Fantastic Four (and its sequel series, FF , which eventually became a sister series to the Fantastic Four ), and Doom was also a central figure in Hickman's acclaimed Secret Wars crossover event, so fans are eagerly awaiting Hickman's take on what Doom's "final" story will be.

Fantastic Four Cast Reveal Reignites Fan Campaign for Cillian Murphy as Doctor Doom

Has doom bitten off more than he can chew with galactus.

In the first preview page, we see a ravaged Doctor Doom, floating in space. Whatever Doom is up to in this one-shot, he is clearly pushing the envelope, perhaps beyond even his limits.

Speaking of the project in a Marvel press release in February , Sanford Greene noted, "Growing up reading Marvel Comics, I became fascinated by Doctor Doom and how he potentially is the center of the entire Marvel Universe! He is one of my bucket list characters and this story is somewhat a love letter to Doom and Marvel."

Speaking of love letters to the Marvel Universe, in this gorgeous two-page splash, Greene gets the opportunity to depict nearly the entire Marvel Universe's worht of superheroes...

These are the heroes who will be unable to stop Galactus, leading to Doom having to save the day.

We see part of the confrontation in this following preview page...

That looks like one epic battle.

Fantastic Four Revealed That Doctor Doom’s Greatest Enemy is Not Reed Richards

Who is aiding doom on his final journey.

As you can see from this preview page, showing a group of Celestials facing off against Galactus, this story is an epic one in scope. Hickman explained in a Marvel press release, "Sanford and I have been waiting to work together for quite a while, so when he told me that he’d come up with an amazing Doom story and he wanted me to help out, I jumped at the chance. It’s a giant-sized story about a giant-sized character and I can’t tell you how excited I am to get to write Doom again."

Speaking of Hickman writing characters again, one of the central characters in this one-shot is the one person that Doom trusts beyond all others, Valeria Richards, daughter of Sue and Reed Richards, and a close ally to Doom in Hickman's Fantastic Four/FF run.

In this preview page, we see Valeria next to a mysterious looking Doom...

With a story set in the "near future," Hickman and Greene have the freedom to do some surprising things with this story, especially with Hickman being free to use so many different characters. As Greene pointed out in the press release, "Jonathan is a longtime friend and he always amazes me with his vast knowledge of all types of things, especially the Marvel universe. I couldn't think of anyone better to collaborate with."

Doom #1 is scheduled to be released on May 15th.

Source: Marvel

The Good Doctor: Season 7 Episode 6 – Review/ Recap (with Spoilers)

Too much for one day – dr. allen, dom, morgan.

O n the day of Asher’s funeral, someone drives through a community event, which is too much for multiple people. For Dom, handling a stream of people, bleeding, some with their eyes barely still attached, it is a real test of how he can handle blood and trauma. For Dr. Allen? With still reeling about Asher being attacked, it makes having to take care of the person who caused all this hurt and pain hard. But, as she sees the mother struggling, who has tried to steer her son in the right direction, she relents vicariously punishing one perpetrator in lieu of what she wants to do to another.

As for Dom? While Morgan was hard on him, similar to how Shaun can be on Charlie, she praises him for an idea he had to save a patient with a ruptured artery, and it helps Dom renew his faith in himself.

You Don’t Want To Wait Till It All Hits At Once – Shaun, Lea, Elaine, Dr. Lim

With Shaun being someone autistic, Lea worries about Asher’s death hitting him all at once and it overwhelming him. This especially becomes worrisome after the attack caused by Dr. Allen’s patient. But Shaun isn’t the only one who has a delayed response. Elaine worries that Dr. Lim is suppressing her feelings and wonders what could happen when she isn’t fueled by success or adrenaline.

Why? Because Dr. Lim’s father had clinical depression, and while he was the best when he was working and distracted, when that wasn’t the case, sometimes the trips he took that appeared to be for work were to a hospital. So, with that in mind, Elaine worries about Dr. Lim potentially being someone like her dad who functioned well despite their depression, but when it got the best of them, it really took them down. For with her about to leave, she can’t be right there when the moment potentially hits like she was with Dr. Lim’s father.

What Happens When You Adjust To Others – Shaun, Charlie, Dr. Glassman

Shaun is given the authority to be a team leader, and with that, he makes sure Charlie is out of the way, but this doesn’t help the complaint she filed. However, as time goes on, having Charlie just tag dead bodies is a waste of a resource, so she is assigned to help Dr. Glassman, who may think she is a bit much, but she is helpful for the most part.

However, as time passes, Charlie becomes an asset to Shaun and proves he can be a leader. For when he gets overwhelmed, with Dr. Glassman reminding Charlie that Shaun has challenges as well, rather than fight him, she helps him focus, leading to multiple people being saved and even a compliment from Shaun.

Mind you, only good enough to withdraw Charlie’s complaint for now, but his recognition she could be an adequate surgeon is far better than him saying she should stick to pathology.

Notable Performances or Moments

Charlie realizing she can’t expect everything and everyone to adapt to her.

While you cannot discount Charlie having ASD affects her life, as shown through Shaun, having a disability doesn’t mean all accommodations should go one way. Yes, it would be right and nice for people to adapt and adjust to you, but it’s a two-way street. Charlie, remembering Shaun has ASD, as he was feeling overwhelmed, I think is the first time she gave the empathy she has demanded from Shaun from the get-go.

Now, whether Charlie keeps this up or not, and understands she isn’t in the power position, so she needs to actually listen and learn from Shaun, not always challenge him left and right, is hard to say. Lest we forget, it took Shaun a notable amount of time to find a balance with his peers, which sometimes gets rocky. So, with Charlie being at the hospital for maybe a month, perhaps a few months, it is still too soon to think she’d have the rhythm needed to know when she needs to assert herself or just take orders.

Elaine Revealing Dr. Lim’s Father’s Diagnosis

Often, on “The Good Doctor” and shows like it, patients are the catalyst for having a character, or even the viewer, make realizations about their lives. In this episode, with Elaine presenting to Dr. Lim that her father was clinically depressed and used success and hard work as their medicine, it’s easy to imagine that not only being hard to hear for Dr. Lim but viewers.

After all, many of us live in a hustle culture where we work to exhaustion and feel like the exhaustion is our reward, as long as the results are there. But then comes the times you don’t need to work hard and are frazzled as the brain isn’t distracted. Then there are the failures, and because your identity is so wrapped up in something, you can’t easily move on and take it on the chin.

I’m not saying that Eileen is going to be the one to finally get Dr. Lim to evaluate her personal life and really take note of how she has used work as a crutch to not work on her personal life, emotions, and mental state, but I think it could cause a shift.

Heck, who knows? Morgan may have spoken to Dom about quitting when he thought he couldn’t handle working at the hospital anymore, but maybe it could end up being Dr. Lim who quits, and Dr. Glassman becomes the sole president of the hospital? For between the pandemic, mentally ill serial killers, and more, maybe this line of work isn’t something she is meant to do all her life, and she has just been letting this chapter go on for too long?

On The Fence

Still unsure how to feel about them killing asher off.

I still don’t know how to feel about them killing Asher off. While the focus has spread across two episodes and seemingly will be a catalyst for Dr. Lim taking her mental and emotional health more seriously, it pushes you to recognize how weird it is for shows like this to have it where someone’s trauma or even death, is pushed to be some kind of life lesson.

With patients, it is easy not to dwell on it, for you barely get to know most of them, and they don’t have lingering effects on you. However, with Asher, it just becomes weird, and with how shows are planned out, it makes you wonder how long was his purpose supposed to be acting as the change agent for another character?

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Watch The Good Doctor: Season 7/ Episode 6 via its official site or on Prime Video .

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Lynne Reid Banks, Author of ‘The Indian in the Cupboard,’ Dies at 94

She explored the struggles of young women in the novel “The L-Shaped Room” but found her biggest success with a children’s book about a magical cupboard.

By Rebecca Chace

Lynne Reid Banks, a versatile British author who began her writing career with the best-selling feminist novel “The L-Shaped Room” but found her biggest success with the popular children’s book “The Indian in the Cupboard,” died on Thursday in Surrey, England. She was 94.

Her death, at a care facility, was caused by cancer, said James Wills, her literary agent.

Ms. Banks was part of a generation of writers, including Shelagh Delaney and Margaret Drabble , that emerged in postwar Britain and whose books explored the struggles of young women seeking personal and financial independence, in sharp contrast to the contemporaneous “ angry young men” literary movement defined by John Osborne and Kingsley Amis .

Over Ms. Banks’s long career, her character portrayals were often called insensitive and her language offensive, particularly in her two best-known works. A complicated, sometimes contradictory figure, she became increasingly unrepentant about her firmly held opinions.

“The L-Shaped Room” (1960), lauded by critics as a second-wave feminist novel, tells the story of an unmarried secretary whose conservative, middle-class father throws her out of their home when she tells him she’s pregnant. Rather than reach out to the father of the child, she rents a small L-shaped room at the top of a rooming house in London and becomes part of an improvised family of fellow boarders, including a Caribbean-born jazz musician. Class, race, sexism and the danger of illegal abortions are all central to the plot.

Ms. Banks didn’t consider herself a feminist when she wrote the book; as a young woman coming of age in the 1950s, she said, she thought that men were superior.

But she soon changed her mind. “What a joke,” she told the BBC program “Bookclub” in 2010. “I mean, I don’t believe that anymore. I think women are infinitely the superior sex and that men are probably the most dangerous creatures on the planet.”

Ms. Banks came to regret the racial tropes used in her portrayal of the Caribbean housemate in “The L-Shaped Room,” acknowledging that racism had permeated her narrative. “The prejudices existed, and they came out in this book, and it’s shame-making, but there they were,” she told the BBC. “They were absolutely part of the atmosphere.”

The novel became an immediate best seller in Britain and was made into a film, released in the United States in 1963, which starred Leslie Caron, who was nominated for an Oscar for best actress.

After “The Indian in the Cupboard” was published in 1980, The New York Times hailed it as the best novel of the year for children. Ms. Banks wrote four sequels.

The first book in the series begins when a boy, Omri, is given an old medicine cabinet with magical properties: When he places plastic action figures inside, they come alive. The first toy he brings to life is a Native American named Little Bear — the “Indian” of the title. One of Omri’s friends places his toy cowboy in the cabinet, and a well-worn conflict is set in motion.

Although the purported message to young readers was the importance of tolerance and respect for other cultures, Ms. Banks was later accused of perpetuating stereotypes. (Little Bear speaks in a dialect of broken English, and the cowboy is a laconic man who likes his whiskey.)

By the fourth book, “The Mystery of the Cupboard” (1993), critics had grown impatient with the clichéd characters that would step out of the magic cupboard. “Through its innocent-looking mirrored door march a succession of plucky, albeit creaky cultural stereotypes, ever predictable and true to the dictates of their sex, ethnic group or time,” the fiction writer Michael Dorris wrote in The New York Times Book Review.

The American Indian Library Association in 1991 listed “The Indian in the Cupboard” series among the “titles to avoid,” and a school board in British Columbia temporarily removed the first book from its libraries in 1992, citing “offensive treatment of native peoples.”

Still, the series remained popular, and “The Indian in the Cupboard” was adapted into a 1995 film directed by Frank Oz.

Lynne Reid Banks was born in London on July 31, 1929. She was the only child of James and Muriel (Reid) Banks. Her father, who was Scottish, was a doctor; her mother, known as Pat, who was Irish, was an actress.

As a child during World War II, Lynne was evacuated with her mother to Canada, where they settled in Saskatchewan. It was a mostly happy time, and the human cost of the war became clear only when she returned to London at 15.

“I found my city in ruins,” she said in an interview for the reference work “Authors and Artists for Young Adults.” When she learned about the wartime hardships that the rest of her family had endured, she was horrified and ashamed. “I felt like a deserter,” she said.

She first pursued a career as an actress, studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and working in repertory theater. She also began writing plays. In 1955, she became one of the first female television reporters in England, working for Independent Television News (later ITV). One day, she was asked to try out a new kind of typewriter in the newsroom. One sentence led to another, and she realized that she was writing in the voice of a woman who was pregnant, unmarried and on her own. These random first sentences became the seeds of “The L-shaped Room.”

“I didn’t know I had a book,” she later told the BBC . “I knew I had a situation.”

The success of the novel gave her the freedom to write full time, and she quit her television job. But her life took another turn when she met and married Chaim Stephenson, a sculptor, and moved to Israel to join him on a kibbutz.

The move led her mother to accuse her of wasting her talent and placing herself in a dangerous and “soul-stunting” situation, Ms. Banks wrote in The Guardian in 2017. But she loved her adopted country, and she taught English and continued to write while raising three sons, until the family moved back to England in 1971.

Ms. Banks wrote two sequels to “The L-Shaped Room” — “The Backward Shadow” (1970) and “Two Is Lonely” (1974) — as well as two books on the Brontë sisters: “Dark Quartet: The Story of the Brontës” (1976) and “Path to the Silent Country: Charlotte Brontë’s Years of Fame” (1977).

She began writing books for children and young adults in the 1970s, incorporating elements of magic and fantasy that would find full expression in “The Indian in the Cupboard.” She wrote more than 45 books for adults and children altogether, many with Jewish themes, as well as 13 plays produced for radio and theater.

The challenges of single motherhood was a theme Ms. Banks returned to in 2014 in “Uprooted: A Canadian War Story,” a young adult novel based on the years that she and her mother spent in Canada during the war.

She is survived by three sons, Adiel, Gillon and Omri Stephenson, and three grandchildren. Her husband died in 2016.

Ms. Banks remained productive in her later years. “It’s great being old,” she wrote in The Guardian in 2017, in an essay on the advantages of aging. “I can be eccentric, self-indulgent — even offensive.”

Indeed, at the age of 85, she touched off another literary furor when she wrote a letter objecting to The Guardian’s decision to award its children’s fiction prize to David Almond for his book “A Song for Ella Grey” (2015), writing that a book with “lesbian sex,” as well as swearing and drinking, was not appropriate for children.

A predictable outcry in response to her letter followed. “Although I’m still on the outs with modern life,” she wrote, “being old means I’ve stopped minding what people think of my opinions.”

Sofia Poznansky contributed reporting,