The Unofficial Outlander Book Of Herbs

Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser, nurse, doctor, time-traveler combined her 20th-century medical knowledge with the plants and herbs of 18th century Scotland and quickly becameknown throughout the land as The White Witch, the Healer, the conjure worman because she healed and treated many villagers, servants, soldiers, and royalty. Now you can get the historical perspective on how herbs were used, how you can use them yourself - today - and how to grow them in a way that brings the story to life.

Herbs have been a component of medicine and food for thousands of years. While we have advanced in many areas such as domestication, we have forgotten the pure pleasure of growing plants and the skills by which to be successful. This book creates a historical picture of herbs used in the Outlander book series and/or STARZ show. It allows the reader to have a historical perspective on how herbs were used, current use, and how to grow them in a way that brings the story to life.The book includes:Basic gardener primer to get you started.Storyline reference to how the herbs are used in the Outlander book series and/or STARZ show.Present day medical/culinary use of the mentioned herbs.Gardening directions for urban and landless gardeners.Actionable garden project based on a landscape design from Versailles.

Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser, nurse, doctor, time-traveler combined her 20th-century medical knowledge with the plants and herbs of 18th century Scotland and quickly became known throughout the land as The White Witch, the Healer, the conjure woman because she healed and treated many villagers, servants, soldiers, and royalty.Now you can get the historical perspective on how herbs were used, how you can use them yourself-today-and how to grow them in a way that brings the story to life.

The Most Thorough Compilation of Home Cures and Remedies Yet! Years ago, every household practiced natural healing by using what they had. Plants grow abundantly all over our roadsides, cities, and in your own backyard, and though once valued and widely used, they've fallen out of fashion over time as people forget the numerous medicinal uses at our fingertips. This book brings alternative medicine back to the forefront. Researched and written by a practicing medical herbalist and natural healer, and now with even more herbs and medicinal plants, The Big Book of Backyard Medicine is the basis for a veritable natural pharmacy that anyone can create. Featuring one hundred specific plants and their associated remedies, and fully illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, this book offers fascinating insights into the literary, historic, botanical, and global applications of common wild plants and herbs that can be used in medicines, including: Ash Chicory Dandelion Forget-me-not Gypsywort Horseradish Mint Red Poppy Thistle Wild carrot Willow And so much more! Anyone who wants to improve his or her health in a completely natural way will find this book to be an absolute must-have for his or her home—and garden.

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.

From the tasty practicality of sweet basil to the ornamental splendour of roses, THE HARROWSMITH ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF HERBS is the first definitive guide to growing a herb garden in Canada or the northern United States.

The effects of herbs on the human body are set in a lucid and modern context. Simon Mills describes traditional herbal pathology and therapeutics, and also suggests up-to-date research methods to validate herbalism so that it can take its rightful place among the medical sciences. For practising herbalist and lay reader alike, the detailed pharmacology, based on the author's own extensive research and experience, will be of crucial interest: the active constituents of.