About the Author

Barbara Brownell Grogan, principal for Rivanna Publishing Ventures, is former editor-in-chief of National Geographic Books and a certified health coach through New York's Institute for Integrative Nutrition. At National Geographic she developed the health line of reference books. She is coauthor of500 Time-Tested Home Remedies and the Science Behind Themand editor of USDA'sGuide to Infant Nutrition, 2018. Barbara and a team of health writers post a monthly column, "The Remedy Chicks," at everydayhealth.com. She lives in Charlottesville, VA.

Deanna Gabriel Vierck, CCH CN, is a certified clinical herbalist andholds a BS in Biology, Public Relations, and Earth Science from Central Missouri State University. Deanna received her clinical trainingat the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism. She lives in Boulder, CO.