Back To The Herbal Basics

This book will guide you through the step-by-step process of learning about and growing your own healing herbs, starting with the basics of what each herb can do and proceeding to show you everything you need to cultivate them yourself. The first things you will learn in this guide are the basics of all healing herbs, starting with a complete breakdown of the numerous healing herbs known to be easily cultivated in temperate climates. Matching the right herbs to your region, you will then be able to start learning about how herbs grow, as well as what they need from the soil, water, the weather, and feeding. You will learn which plants grow best together and which style of herbs are going to be best for selling and which are best for personal growing. Experts in the field of healing herbs have provided their insights into issues such as how to harvest the healing herbs best and how to dry or preserve them for use as healing materials. Learn how you can make a number of common treatments for various ailments with your herbs and how you can benefit best from your newfound garden.--COVER.

What is home grown medication? Natural medication has its beginnings in antiquated societies. It includes the restorative utilization of plants to treat infection and upgrade general wellbeing and prosperity. A few spices have intense (strong) fixings and ought to be taken with similar degree of watchfulness as drug meds. As a matter of fact, numerous drug prescriptions depend on man-made renditions of normally happening intensifies tracked down in plants. For example, the heart medication digitalis was gotten from the foxglove plant. Dynamic fixings and home grown medication Home grown meds contain dynamic fixings. The dynamic elements of numerous home grown arrangements are at this point obscure. A few drug meds depend on a solitary dynamic fixing got from a plant source. Specialists of home grown medication accept that a functioning fixing can lose its effect or become less protected whenever utilized in segregation from the remainder of the plant. For example, salicylic corrosive is found in the plant meadowsweet and is utilized to make ibuprofen. Headache medicine can make the coating of the stomach drain, yet meadowsweet normally contains different mixtures that keep disturbance from salicylic corrosive. As indicated by home grown medication experts, the impact of the entire plant is more noteworthy than its parts. Pundits contend that the idea of home grown medication makes it hard to give a deliberate portion of a functioning fixing.

A lavishly illustrated revision of a top-selling primer invites readers to develop healthier, more environmentally friendly, and self-sufficient living skills that are less reliant on technology, in a resource that shares step-by-step instructions for such capabilities as raising chickens, making cheese, and building a log cabin.

A creative blend of information, projects, activities, preparations, colour-in artwork, stories, songs, lore and interesting herbal tidbits. This book will help parents and their children learn about herbs.

"...set[s] forth his method of natural self healing based on herbs, a diet that used no meat, dairy products, or eggs, and a life in harmony with the laws of health and nature. He opposed the use of sugar, spices, pepper, mustard, vinegar, and fermented foods. He recommended the use of soymilk in numerous healing diets and considered it far better than cow's milk. " -- www.SoyinfoCenter.com.

There are many herbal books on the market, but rarely do any of them speak on the direct connection that exists between healing with herbs and what we choose to feed our body, especially when it comes to bringing the human body back into balance from illness and dis-ease. This book is the author's attempt to bridge that gap. It presents her life experience with both, in layman's terms, and provides a simple and holistic approach to lasting wellness.

Herbal remedies can provide safe and effective treatment for common childhood ailments ranging from diaper rash and teething to sore throats and conjunctivitis. In this Storey BASICS® guide, Rosemary Gladstar shows you how to prepare soothing salves, syrups, tablets, and teas that support children’s health. With simple instructions, clear dosage guidelines, and in-depth profiles of 24 medicinal herbs, you’ll soon be confidently easing your child’s achy flu with some hibiscus tea and using the healing properties of nettles to combat bouts of hay fever.

Rosemary Gladstar shows you how to enhance your well-being in middle age and beyond using herbal remedies that effectively and safely promote vitality. With in-depth profiles of 22 medicinal herbs, preparation instructions, and dosage guidelines, you’ll discover how you can use astragalus to regenerate your body’s immune system, bilberry to ease eye problems, and milk thistle to rebuild damaged liver cells. You’ll be amazed at how herbal treatments can help support your nervous system, activate your metabolism, and keep your bones and joints healthy.