Madame Young's Guide to Health Her experience and practice for nearly forty years; a true family herbal, wherein is displayed the true properties and medical virtues of all the roots, herbs, &c., indigenous to the United States, and their combination in all the diseases the human body is heir to; also, an explanation of the human body, its liability to injuries through ignorance of its structure. Dedicated exclusively to her sex.

"Madame Young's Guide to Health" by Amelia Young is a mid-19th century family herbal. This book acts like a helpful guide, teaching people about the healing powers of American herbs and roots, so they can deal with different diseases. Young writes especially for women and families, using her almost 40 years of using and learning about herbs. At the beginning, she explains that she wants to share what she knows about herbal medicine based on what was acquired while learning from the Iroquois tribe, her own insights, and research. She points out problems in other herbal books and promises to give correct and useful advice about using natural cures. She starts explaining how the human body works, stressing how knowing about anatomy helps in staying healthy and avoiding sickness, wanting to provide clear and useful information for everyone.