The Nursing Mother's Herbal

Recommended by La Leche League!

Item # 443 
Price:  $15.95

Caroline writes: 

The Nursing Mother’s Herbal is a book I highly recommend for any breastfeeding mother as an invaluable resource. It has a 40 page chart in the back that lists many different herbs and the safety of that herb for the nursing mother and baby. It is so much more than just an herbal reference. There is a chapter on your milk supply, general breastfeeding information, what to do when your baby is sick, and knowledge on fertility and weaning. This book was written by a nurse and a La Leche League Leader. 

Just as a disclaimer I do not agree with everything I chapter 5, “Your Healthcare options”. This is the only chapter that has any touch of new age thoughts in it. It covers Chinese medicine, Western or conventional medicine, complementary and alternative medicine, traditional healing, and other CAM Therapy options. 

“Many woman take St. John’s Wort for postpartum depression, but is it safe for their nursing infants? Which herbs can a new mother take to increase or inhibit milk production? The Nursing Mother’s Herbal answers these and other questions about the effects of herbs, dietary supplements, and other natural products on nursing women and their babies. It is the first book entirely dedicated to the use of herbs and herbal products by breastfeeding mothers.  322 pages

What others are saying: 

“A comprehensive and thorough manual about breastfeeding in general and herbal remedies in particular. I recommend it.” Andrew Weil, MD 

“Shelia Humphrey’s book will have a favored place at side when advising nursing mothers about their breastfeeding issues.”

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC 
Author of The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book Of Answers

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“By combining the traditional knowledge and experience of clinical and homespun herbalists with the science of lactation pharmacology and healing plants, Shelia Humphrey has set a new standard for herbal information for the breastfeeding woman.”

James A. Duke, PhD
Author of The Green Pharmacy

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“Accurate, reliable, clearly written, The Nursing Mother’s Herbal will provide valuable help for millions of new mothers who are interested in using herbs in a safe, responsible manner.”

Mark Blumenthal
Founder & Executive Director, American Botanical Council Editor, HerbalGram

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The Naturally Healthy Pregnancy 
The Essential Guide to Nutritional and Botanical Medicine for the Childbearing Years

Item # 441 OUT OF STOCK

Price:   $14.99 

                       

Written from a Christian perspective and in an engaging style of writing, this book will share information on a healthy diet during pregnancy, which herbs are considered safe while pregnant, how to administer herbs, figure exact dosages, and determine length of treatment. Shonda shares research-documented recommendations for herbal medicine use during the childbearing years, and more. 308 pages. 

What people are saying about The Naturally Healthy Pregnancy: 

"A wealth of information to guide the pregnant mom and her baby to good health."

Michael T. Murray, N.D., Author of Natural Alternatives to Over-the-Counter Prescription Drugs. 

"The Naturally Healthy Pregnancy....fulfills a special need for pregnant woman and their healthcare providers. I would highly recommend it. Let's take care of God's gift in our wombs by using God's herbs and the wisdom He bestows upon us to use them properly. I found the book to be a good balance of herbal and traditional medicine."

Veronica Wagner, R.N., Certified Nurse-Midwife, of the Christian video on birth, "Birth"

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By Martha Greene

This old-fashioned style cookbook for girls is sure to bring hours of delight to both mother and daughter! MARMEE'S KITCHEN PRIMER is set in an old-fashioned primer style, as a first textbook for the subject of cooking and keeping of a proper kitchen. It will also be a treasured first cookbook for girls to have with them throughout their lives. It is filled with delicious, easy-to-read recipes, with simple instructions. The PRIMERS also make wonderful gifts to any girl who has a love for home keeping.

A COOK'S PRIMER- basic instructions on keeping a proper kitchen as in "how to wash dishes' 'how to set a table' 'how to measure ingredients' 'how to fill a pantry' and more.

BREAKFAST, LUNCH DINNER SNACK & SWEET recipes in an easy to read format for beginner cooks.

SPECIAL DAYS: 6 different ways to make any ordinary day special, complete with decorating ideas and menus and food preparation.

EXTRA RECIPE and COOKING DIARY for copying favorite recipes shared by friends.

TESTS AND PROJECTS: to test your skills learned from the "Kitchen Primer" Written in a primer style that makes it a first cookbook every girl that is old-fashioned at heart will treasure. Easy to make, delicious, southern-style recipes to make any girl known as a 'good cook'.

Plastic protective cover and easy to use spiral bind. Size 8 x 11. 135 pages.

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Simply Centsible Suppers
Simply Centsible Suppers: Quick and Easy Dinners on a Tight Budget by Crystal Paine

$3.97

Item # B804

Short on Time and Money? Simply Centsible Suppers is the surefire solution! 10 complete dinner menus which are quick and easy, inexpensive, and most importantly, delicious!

Crystal also shares tips and ideas for eating well on a tight budget gleaned from the past two years while her husband was in law school and they lived off of a small part-time income.

20 page booklet.

 

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The Bread Basket Cookbook

$8.97

Item # B826

by Martha Greene

This is a cookbook you won't want to be without! Filled with delicious recipes using freshly milled grain flours and natural unbleached flours. The cookbook includes a step-by-step tutorial on bread baking for beginner. Have you always wished you could bake bread but been afraid to try? Have no fear. This cookbook will give you all the instruction, help, and recipes you will need to become the queen of homemade bread baking! Your family will love the smell of freshly-made bread wafting through the house! Nothin' says lovin' like somethin' from the oven! Cookbook is in a easy to use spiral bind and cover protected with plastic covers making it spill proof. 64 pages.

 

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Godly Womanhood

The Wise Woman's Guide to Blessing Her Husband's Vision (CD)

$15.97

Item # B820

An excellent 2-part message for wives, encouraging them fulfill their God-given role of being a true helper to their husband. I listened to this when Jesse and I were newly married and it has made a profound impact upon me ever since. -Crystal Paine

The Christian community is full of dear ladies discouraged because their husbands lack vision to lead the family with gusto. In some cases, the men are simply overwhelmed with present responsibilities. In other cases, they lack a biblical framework for household leadership. It certainly does not help when men have poor role models in their own lives, which is the case for a growing majority of husbands. Often wives cry out, “Help, my husband just doesn’t get it,” or, “I want more children, but my husband says ‘no,’” or even, “My husband is nervous about home schooling.” For more than ten years, Doug and Beall Phillips have spoken with hundreds who share these sentiments. But, too often, wives contribute to the problem through a wrong response. The great news is that the Bible anticipates this crisis of leadership in the home and provides crystal clear direction for wives. Wise women will desire to bless their husband’s vision by embracing the specific affirmative and negative biblical commands given to them for this very purpose. Those who do will become a sanctifying influence on their household, grow in spiritual maturity, and become God’s vehicle for their husband’s spiritual revival. This series is meant to encourage both wives and husbands with the principles and the practicalities for men and women growing in family vision for the Lord.

By Douglas W. Phillips. Approx. 1 hr. 40 mins.

 

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The Valley of Vision
A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions

$19.97

Item # B809

Edited by Arthur Bennett

Deluxe Bonded Leather Edition

Holiness. Purity. Truth. To the Puritans, these were more than attributes of God, they were high aspirations in their daily walk with the LORD. Nowhere is this more clearly seen than in their prayers and devotions. The Valley of Vision is a 432-page collection of the heart cries of such theological giants as John Hart, Charles Spurgeon, Richard Baxter, and John Bunyan. This deluxe leather bound edition is an indispensable tool for use in family worship or your personal quiet times. Used as such, these uplifting prayers will undoubtedly enrich your walk with the Lord and direct your eyes towards the Throne of Grace. -Jesse Paine

This collection of prayers has touched and challenged our family to the inner core. We have been convicted of our lack of depth, of our complacency, of our selfishness, of our worliness. This is not fluff but true heartfelt yearnings after the Lord, after purity, after righteousness, after holiness. -Crystal Paine

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Sleeping Beauty and the Five Questions (CD)

$9.97

Item # B816

"This CD is a must for every father, mother, and daughter to listen to! In Sleeping Beauty and the Five Questions, Doug Phillips challenges fathers on the importance of guarding their daughters’ hearts at all costs, how to shield them from the pressures of a peer-oriented society and inappropriate romantic relationships, and how to prepare them as a bride — a godly young woman of purity for the young man of their dreams whom God is preparing. Though the message is directed to fathers, I think that mothers, daughters, and even sons would benefit from it as well. I highly recommend this." - Crystal Paine

Approx. 1 hr. on Compact Disc.

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The Hope Chest: A Book for the Bride
And for the Wife Who Would Retain the Joy of Bridal Days
 

$13.97

Item # B818

 

By Bowman and Kift

This delightful and cheery little book is a reprint from the original 1922 edition. Through each page, we are encouraged to make our homes a quiet haven from the hustle and bustle of the busy world, for our husbands and children to come home to. Thriftiness and frugality walk hand in hand with elegance and beauty as many useful secrets are unveiled for the new bride...or for "the wife who would retain the joy of bridal days." As an example of one of the many wonderful quotes found throughout this book, here is one of my favorites: "If you would see yourself truly, stand a moment at the door of your living room, for it is your reflection." Suggestions for the "new little home" are covered in each chapter. A delightful book to help you prepare to have your own home someday! Paperback. 168 pages.

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The Hope Chest: A Legacy of Love

$14.97

Item # B819

By Rebekah Wilson
 

This is a must-read book for all parents desiring to wisely prepare their daughters (and sons, too!) for marriage, for grandparents wanting to leave a lasting impact on their grandchildren, and for those young women who hope to be well-equipped to go into marriage. If you read no other book and do nothing else to prepare for marriage, read this one. It is the best and most-comprehensive book I have ever read on how parents can leave a legacy to their children. It goes far beyond the physical bounds of a hopechest and discusses how you can leave a spiritual legacy to your children as well. Every family needs to have a well-used copy of this book. Before considering having a hopechest, you must read this book. Softcover. 375 pages.

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Home-Making

$17.97

Item # B814

 

By J.R.Miller

Doug Phillips of Vision Forum writes: "Don’t let the title fool you. This is not just a book for women who keep home. Home-Making is an uncompromising vision statement for the domestic bliss and cultural dominion of the Christian family. The message of Home-Making is powerful: “Sisters, Brothers, Husbands, Wives — Home life is meant to be beautiful, ennobling, and victorious!” God intends for each person, from parent to child, to play a role in family life, the ultimate goal of which is the transformation of the individual, the home, and the society for the glory of God.

"Miller puts into writing truth that we need to hear but are usually too afraid to say. He carefully addresses each member of the family, managing to find the perfect balance between inspiration and exhortation."First, he addresses the marriage relationship: 'The married life is meant to be the happiest, fullest, purest, richest life. It is God’s own ideal of completeness.' He then instructs the husband and the wife: 'Every true-hearted husband should seek to be worthy of the wife he has already won. A true wife makes a man’s life nobler, stronger, grander, by the omnipotence of her love ‘turning all the forces of manhood upward and heavenward.’"With regard to the brother and sister relationship, never have I read as pure a description as here. Miller asks, 'Why should not a brother make a confidante of his own sister rather than of any other? Why should not a sister look to her own brother for counsel, for protection, for advice, rather than to any other?'

"My wife writes, 'Sometimes all of us get swallowed up in the day to day duties and lose sight of the beauty in family life. We all need our vision renewed and our hearts encouraged. This book does just that. I was deeply moved and my very heart was touched as I read the beautiful descriptions of biblical family relationships. I was inspired. My vision was refreshed.” Hardback. 266 pgs.

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Thriving on One Income Printed Book

$9.97

Item # B810

by Kimberly Eddy

Do you feel as if there is no way you can make ends meet on one paycheck? Does it seem as if there is more outgo than income? If so, you must read Momma’s Guide to Thriving on One Income!

Kimberly Eddy has done us a marvelous favor in writing such a book. This will both inspire and encourage wives and mothers who are seeking to wisely stretch limited resources. You do not just have to survive on one income, in this book Mrs. Eddy provides stores of down-to-earth wisdom to help you to THRIVE on one income.

Momma’s Guide to Thriving on One Income is chock full of practical ideas which can be accomplished on the tightest of budgets. In addition, she shares personal testimonies from her own family of how the Lord has been faithful to provide and carry them through very lean times.

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Treasury of Vintage Home-Keeping Skills
Collections of the Home Keeper: Treasury of Vintage Home Keeping Skills

$29.50  2nd Edition

Item # B821  OUT OF STOCK UNTIL MAY 31st, 2007

by Martha Greene

Reminiscent of the old-timey journals kept by homekeepers of the past, this treasury is to be passed from mother to daughter, a treasured album of homekeeping skills that are fast becoming a lost art in our modern world. Filled with inspiration and information for the homekeeper with plenty of room to paste snippets and clippings and to journal in your own handwriting, keeping the "way Mother always did it" from becoming forgotten in this ever-changing world.

Laminated Full Color Covering a semi-concealed wire-O spiral bind 200+ pages on soft white acid-free quality papers

Book Size: 7"x10

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Verses of Virtue

$19.97

Item # B822

by Beall Phillips

This book will be a treasured keepsake for parents and daughters alike. My husband and I enjoyed reading these together and we are looking forward to sharing them with our daughter soon.

Without a vision for femininity and virtue, Christian womanhood will not survive the twenty-first century. The time has come to sing the praises of motherhood, to extol the blessings of beautiful girlhood, and to cast a vision for hearth and home. Poetry and prose are crucial components in this mission of vision communication.

From the beginning, poetry and the beauty of language have always been a part of God’s revealed program for instilling perspective and purpose in the minds and hearts of women. In fact, the first words of love communicated of woman by man were poetic words of appreciation and understanding. Drawing upon the beauty of parallelism in expression, Adam declared of Eve: “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.”

And so it goes throughout all the Scriptures. From the Psalms of David, to the poetry of Isaiah, to the verses of Deborah, to the songs of Solomon, and even the divinely inspired prose of John foretelling the return of the bridegroom, our Lord uses the beauty of language to motivate and to inspire. These are God’s verses of virtue, and they served as the inspiration for untold hundreds of books and poems dedicated to a Christian vision for motherhood and home which once defined the landscape of American family life.

Beall Phillips seeks to revive this vision. In Verses of Virtue she draws from some of the most heart-warming and inspirational verses from Scripture, America’s illustrious past, and even antiquity to provide women with a volume brimming with encouragement. Hardback. 140 pgs. Compiled and Edited by Elizabeth Beall Phillips.

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What's a Girl to Do? (CD)

$9.97

Item # B823

by Doug Phillips

 

How to Wisely Invest Your Daughter’s Time

"I listened to this message when I was 17 and it changed my life. If you have ever wondered if college or careers were right for young women, you must listen to this CD." -Crystal Paine

A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. The same is true of double-minded parents. Across America we have met evangelical parents who desperately want their daughters to grow to be virtuous women with a love for home. Notwithstanding these good intentions, many of these same parents continue to build their daughters’ future on a feminist model. Frankly, most Christians are unaware that the Bible offers clear guidelines for how wise parents can invest their daughters’ time for the glory of God. This tape offers hope and direction for the woman of God who desires to cultivate virtue while fully exercising her gifts.

Compact Disc. Approx. 60 mins.

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Homegrown Business eBook on CD

$8.97

Item # B806

 

By Jesse and Crystal Paine
 

Wonder how you could manage homeschooling and a home business without losing your sanity?

29 Families Share Their Real-Life Experiences!

As newlyweds, we had always dreamed of homeschooling and owning a home business...

When we got married we had high aspirations of someday owning our own home business, having lots of children, and homeschooling them all. Within just a few short years, our home business dream become a reality, and a few months later, we had our first baby. Although we loved our role as business owners and parents, we were struggling to keep up with everything and we couldn't even imagine adding homeschooling on top of it!

Personal Stories...

So, we began looking for other homeschooling, business-owning veterans who could give us some direction, help, and wisdom in how they manage to survive. After some investigation, we found many such families who were willing to come alongside us and share from their lives and experiences. Hearing their personal stories provided just the encouragement and inspiration we needed as we started down this path.

Since then, we've met many other homeschooling families who would love to own their home business but they don't have a clue how it could be possible and they have no idea where to start. We have wanted to help these families as we know exactly how they feel, yet we are still young and have a lot to learn ourselves. We finally decided that putting together a book with helpful advice and encouragement from our friends and mentors would be the best thing we could do.

Hundreds of Years of Experience...

This book holds the collective wisdom of hundreds of years of experience. Many of the families interviewed have owned businesses for 10-20 years or more. A few are just beginners. Some have 11 children, some have 2 children.

A Realistic Picture...

This book does not contain hype or unrealistic visions of a home business. These are real families, just like yours, who share their real-life experiences, struggles, and difficulties, in addition to the blessings and benefits of having a home business. They willingly open themselves up to share their personal stories.

Practical Advice...

A wealth of practical advice is woven into the inspirational stories. Topics are covered such as: How to Balance Homeschooling and Home Business, Why Owning a Home Business May or May Not Be the Best Thing for Your Family, How to Involve Your Children in Your Home Business, How to Integrate Your Home Business into Your Children's Education, and much more!

"...This book is an invaluable encouragement for the Christian homeschooler considering bringing their work home."

-Dena Wood, co-owner of TimesTales.com

"...An ideal starting point and source of encouragement for homeschooling families who wish to start their own home based business. With the first-person accounts of many homeschooling entrepreneurs, I was blessed and encouraged as I go forward with my own fledgling home-based business."

-Kimberly Eddy, owner of JoyfulMomma.org

Over 80 page PDF document on a CD