Herbalism Pathfinder
Basics
The audience for this pathfinder is targeted to young/middle age adults looking to find natural alternatives to traditional medication. The objective of the guide is to provide average adults with resources on alternative methods to alleviate common ailments naturally using common herbs.
Materials in this pathfinder will describe the different types of common herbs, how to recognize them, parts that can be used, how to prepare them for use, and what illness each is used for. It will provide resources and tools to help adults safely and efficiently use herbs as a natural alternative to traditional medicine. The goal is to equip average adults with the basic knowledge on how to use herbs to treat common ailments naturally.
Summary
The reason I chose this topic is because I endeavor to one day learn all of this myself and I felt that doing this research would put me one step closer to my goals. Finding these sources really has helped a lot in my learning of herbalism and the different positive and negative aspects. Each source has a kind of disclaimer somewhere that says that these remedies are not a substitute for actual medical care and that if the problem persists to consult a doctor. This reminded me of the health, law and business chapter. This is because it is similar to that librarians cannot give advice on these subject but can only lead to sources that could help, these resources although give options on potential treatments but they do stress that if the problem is sever to seek medical attention. I checked each source and the creators of each had very good, pertinent credentials and most had been peer reviewed, making these sources credible. I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed finding all of these sources.
