This guide to the kitchen pharmacy discusses the entire process of preparing herbal medicines at home, from methods of growing, gathering, and drying herbs to different ways of extracting their vital essences and making healing balms, lotions, and more.
This guide to the kitchen pharmacy discusses the entire process of preparing herbal medicines at home, from methods of growing, gathering, and drying herbs to different ways of extracting their vital essences and making healing balms, lotions, and more.
THE HERBAL MEDICINE-MAKER'-?S HANDBOOK is an entertaining compilation of natural home remedies written by one of the great herbalists, James Green, author of the best-selling THE MALE HERBAL. Writing in a delightfully personal and down-home style, Green emphasizes the point that herbal medicine-making is fundamental to every culture on the planet and is accessible to everyone. So, first head into the garden and learn to harvest your own herbs, and then head into your kitchen and whip up a batch of raspberry cough syrup, or perhaps a soothing elixir to erase the daily stresses of modern life.A comprehensive, entertaining collection of natural and holistic home remedies for restoring gut health, lowering blood pressure, combatting anxiety, and more, from the renowned herbalist and bestselling author of The Male Herbal"This witty, wise, wonderful, warm, well-written book will turn you into an herbal medicine maker, and it may also revolutionize your ideas of health care as well."-Susun S. Weed, founder of the Wise Woman CenterHerbal medicine-making is much like dancing; it's easy, it's natural, and it's undeniably delightful. To say the least, it is a lucid expression of one's distinct character.Written in a delightfully personal and down-home style, The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook emphasizes that herbal medicine-making is fundamental to every culture on the planet and is accessible to everyone. Herbalist James Green introduces you to the basics of herbal medicine with a detailed chart of different herbs and their healing properties, instructions on how to garden, harvest, and store your own herbs, and a short list of suggested, easy-to-find equipment for making solvents, infusions, tinctures, ointments, creams, suppositories, and more.So head to your garden and pick your own herbs-and then head to your kitchen and whip up a batch of raspberry cough syrup, a small tub of elegant rose cream, or a soothing elixir to erase the daily stresses of modern life!
James Green is the founder of Simplers Botanical Company and is a professional founding member of the American Herbalists Guild and United Plant Savers. He conducts workshops on male health and herbal medicine making throughout the United States and Canada. He lives in Ocean Beach, California.
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