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.
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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.
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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.Create a holistic, at-home pharmacy tailored to your lifestyle with this definitive resource for making affordable herbal remedies that can restore gut health, lower blood pressure, combat anxiety, and more, from the renowned herbalist and co-founder of the American Herbalists Guild.Herbal medicine-making has been a fundamental staple of human nutrition and health for millennia. In The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook, celebrated herbalist James Green explores the numerous benefits of plants and herbs and shows how you, too, can harness them in your daily life. Budget-friendly and easy to make, herbal remedies have extraordinary capabilities for alleviating insomnia, treating infections, soothing headaches, and many other vital benefits. Learn how to erase the stresses of modern life with this invaluable handbook that includes-. Comprehensive charts of different herbs and their healing properties. A short list of easy-to-find equipment for making solvents, infusions, tinctures, creams, lozenges, and more. Instructions on how to garden, harvest, and store your own herbs. Recipes for anti-fungal lotions, cough-suppressing syrups, earache-relieving oil infusions, and pain-relieving poultices, to name a few. And so much more!Armed with The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook, you'll gain the confidence and knowledge to create your own natural remedies at home so you can combat any ailment that comes your way.
About the Author
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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