Practical herbal remedies for your family

Rachel Weaver, M.H., was a master herbalist, a midwife and a mother of nine. The Be Your Own Doctor series gathers the wisdom of her thirty years of caring for her own family and her neighbors, so that ordinary families can treat everyday ailments at home with simple ingredients you already have in your pantry and herbs that grow in your area.

Welcome. Share A Care Publications, the family publishing house Rachel and Myron Weaver started, still prints and ships every book and Artpac from Gap, Pennsylvania.

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The Be Your Own Doctor Series

Four herbal home health care books by master herbalist and midwife Rachel Weaver, M.H. — natural remedies for the whole family. Buy the set of all four and shipping is free.

Art curriculum

Art With a Purpose

Myron Weaver’s structured art curriculum for homeschools and private schools, used in classrooms across the U.S. and Canada. Eight Artpacs take students from basic coloring and shading through grids, perspective, and pen and ink.

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The eight Art With a Purpose Artpacs fanned out
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Herbz — herbal remedies on your phone

Look up an ailment, find the herbs and simple remedies, keep your favorites close. A new app from Share A Care, built on the Be Your Own Doctor approach.

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Inspiration

Encouragement for the home

Meet the author

Rachel Weaver, M.H.

Rachel Weaver’s passion for natural health grew out of a simple desire to help others. As a mother of nine, midwife, and Master Herbalist, she spent decades studying traditional remedies and discovering practical ways to care for everyday health concerns. After more than 30 years of study and hands-on experience, she put her knowledge into writing, beginning with Be Your Own “Doctor” in 2010.

Share A Care Publications carries forward the work Myron and Rachel Weaver began: Art With a Purpose for the classroom, and the Be Your Own Doctor books for the home.

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In every Be Your Own Doctor book

  • Remedies you can make from kitchen ingredients
  • Tinctures, salves and teas, step by step
  • Help for colds, flu, fevers and everyday first aid
  • Written for beginners and seasoned herbalists alike