The Herbal Companion

A superb guide to all aspects of herbs, "The Companion Book Of Herbs" shows how to grow, harvest, prepare and cook herbs. This full color book contains everything readers wish to know about the use of herbs. It contains information, guidelines and step-by-step projects for health, beauty and decorative uses for herbs. To make it more complete, it also contains a full directory of herbs and their uses.

Guild of Food Writer’s Awards, Highly Commended in ‘Specialist Subject Cookbook’ category (2022) André Simon Awards shortlisted (2022) "A beautiful book, and one which makes me want to cultivate my garden just as much as scurry to the kitchen." — Nigella Lawson "At its core this book is about cooking, but it's an essential and valuable resource for folk who love to grow their own herbs and cook. Sorted by individual herbs with detailed notes on how to grow and use them, it's going to be a book I will turn to a lot over the years." — Nik Sharma Herb is a plot-to-plate exploration of herbs that majors on the kitchen, with just enough of the simple art of growing to allow the reader to welcome a wealth of home-grown flavours into their kitchen. Author Mark Diacono is a gardener as well as a cook. Packed with ideas for enjoying and using herbs, Herb is much more than your average recipe book. Mark shares the techniques at the heart of sourcing, preparing and using herbs well, enabling you to make delicious food that is as rewarding in the process as it is in the end result. The book explores how to use herbs, when to deploy them, and how to capture those flavours to use when they might not be seasonally available. The reader will become familiar with the differences in flavour intensity, provenance, nutritional benefits and more. Focusing on the familiars including thyme, rosemary, basil, chives and bay, Herb also opens the door to a few lesser-known flavours. The recipes build on bringing your herbs alive – whether that’s a quickly swizzed parsley pesto when short of time on a weekday evening, or in wrapping a crumbly Lancashire cheese in lovage for a few weeks to infuse it with bitter earthiness. With a guide to sowing, planting, feeding and propagating herbs, there are also full plant descriptions and their main culinary affinities. Mark then looks at various ways to preserve herbs including making oils, drying, vinegars, syrups and freezing, before offering over 100 innovative recipes that make the most of your new herb knowledge.

Would you like to find a way into the lost world and forgotten art of Native American herbalism without getting caught in misinformation and sensationalistic claims? Are you looking for a modern guide on traditional Native American herbal medicine to stock your medicine cabinet full of all-natural, low-cost herbal preparations? The knowledge of Native American tribes on herbs and herbal remedies is unmatched but not easily accessible since it has been passed on orally from one generation to another. But don't give up! I am proud to present The Native American Herbalist's Bible: an in-depth, all-encompassing 3 books in 1 bundle that has recorded our rich heritage of herbal craftmanship and tradition. More exhaustive than any other guide on the market, thoroughly researched, and written with ease of use in mind, this book will accompany you from harvesting to administering low-cost, DIY remedies, from planting tips to the creation of your very own natural medicine cabinet, from traditional methods to modern uses, for beginners and expert herbalists alike. In the first volume you will find: The forgotten history of Native American Medicine Herbalism 101: a handy guide for the budding herbalist to learn every technique you'll ever need Traditional preparations for the daring herbalist All about harvesting plants: from planting to wild crafting, from a buying tips to ethical practices The best way to store every part of the plants (with secret tips from the best herbalists!) How to administer herbs in different forms, including fresh and dried herbs, capsules, extracts in water, alcohol, glycerin, vinegar and oil, and even preparations like essential oils and flower essences The most relevant sacred medicine ceremonies in our culture (including how to build your very own sweat lodge on page 57!) In the second volume you will discover: The complete herb profile of 75] herbs and wild plants The traditional uses of each plant The ultimate catalogue of Native American plants and their modern uses and dosages How modern research confirms what the tribes have known for millennia Instructions on how to prepare every single herb (you won't find that easily in other publications!) How to find, identify, harvest, and plant every herb you will ever need Are you in a hurry? For each plant the author has compiled a quick guide to the best solvents, the medicinal parts, and their effect on the body! Finally, learn how to heal with nature in the third volume. Read to discover: How to soothe your body and calm your mind with the amazing powers of wild plants and herbs A step-by-step guide for each tea, decoction, salve, oil, capsule, and extract to cure that next cold, scrape, headache, digestive issue, stressful day, or sleepless night with simple ingredients from your cupboard 150+ tried and tested amazing healing recipes carefully selected for you by the best herbalists How to detox with dandelion, beat stress with linden, soothe burns with marshmallow, treat a cold with pine, and beat cramps with crampbark, and much, much more... We are more addicted than ever to drugs that numb our body and mind and chemicals that erode our health and weigh heavily on our wallets, but you can now easily access over 2000 years of herbal medicine-making culture. So, are you ready to discover the lost world and forgotten art of Native American herbal medicine? Then click on "Buy now" to start your healing journey today!

This beautiful, color directory lists the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and decorative uses of more than 90 different herbs. The essential properties and preparation of each herb are discussed as well as growing, harvesting, drying, and storing techniques. 282 color photos.

The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion is a beautiful guide for the modern day homesteader. From learning how to incorporate herbs and essential oils around your home, to learning how to enhance your family’s health and well-being, this book is the go-to resource for those wishing to live a more natural homesteading lifestyle. This book takes readers through the basics of herbalism, including the different types of herbs and their uses. It also breaks down how herbs are used in tinctures, salves, essential oils, and infused oils. You’ll learn how to efficiently incorporate herbs into your lifestyle, creating your own herbal remedy cabinet for yourself and for your livestock as well. And through encouragement and evidence-based information, you’ll be confident using herbs, cooking with herbs, and sharing your herbal products with your friends and family. With an array of beautiful photos and easy to read terminology, just about any homesteader, new or seasoned, can learn from The Homesteader’s Herbal Companion, and finally feel comfortable incorporating the many wonderful qualities of herbs around their homes and homesteads.

The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book, which combines exquisite botanical illustrations with practical self-help projects. Every day sees a discovery in the press about the new uses of plants, and it's certain that most of our most important drugs are derived from plants. From willow (used to procure aspirin) to periwinkle (used in chemotherapy to treat lymphoma) many common garden plants have provided cures in modern medicine. In this book readers can discover more than 200 life-saving plants and 25 home-grown remedies to make themselves. Each home cure is described and illustrated with step-by-step photographs to show how you can be a gardener and heal yourself.

You can spice up your cooking when you learn how to grow, dry, store and use over 100 herbs and spices—from angelica to woodruff, allspice to vanilla. Herb and Spice Companion is your ultimate guide for using fresh and dried herbs and spices in the kitchen. Inside this handy book, get descriptions of more than 100 herbs and spices from around the world. Discover useful tips on storing and using spices to create innovative combinations of flavors. This is the essential guidebook to using herbs and spices to add flavor and depth in your cooking. From basil to beebalm, from lavender to lemon verbena, learn all of the interesting aspects of your herbs, including their rich history, how to grow, harvest, and dry them, and even their unique medicinal uses. This is a must-have for anyone’s cookbook library.

Over 350 full-color illustrations. Here is the essential guide to using herbs and spices to improve health and well-being. The use of herbs for the promotion of health can be traced back to the ancient Greeks. Today, interest in herbal extracts continues to grow as people constantly seek new and safer ways to treat everyday illnesses. This book guides the reader through all aspects of herbs, including their history; how to grow, harvest, and dry them; and their preparation for medicinal use. Filled with full-color identification photographs, this volume contains an extensive directory of more than 50 spices, including such culinary classics as turmeric, saffron, and coriander. Each entry gives the essential properties of the spice, as well as its medicinal and culinary uses where appropriate.