Grow It, Heal It: Natural and Effective Herbal Remedies from Your Garden or Windowsill
May 2013 · Sold by Rodale Books
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Where there's a symptom, there's also a homegrown cure. With just a windowsill, container, or small space, it's easy to grow an instant herbal remedy.
Whether it's a cough, heartburn, joint pain, or neuralgia, readers will discover how easy it is to treat 40 ailments and conditions using herbs and herbal preparations they grow and make themselves. With inspiration found in science, tradition, and modern herbalistic practices, Grow It, Heal It touts the healing power of more than 50 herbs—from anise hyssop to yerba mansa. Two of the nation's premiere herbalists share growing, harvesting, and healing advice in this easy-to-use and friendly guidebook for herbal newbies, featuring teas, tinctures, salves, poultices, compresses, and aromatherapy.
Among the many benefits of growing do-it-yourself remedies, readers will discover the convenience of preparing healing potions and salves when they're most needed; the advantage of having organic, fresh, and high-quality herbs they've nurtured themselves; and how empowering it is to engage in self-care and why that's important to the healing process. Growing herbs at home allows readers to take an active role in their own health care.
Whether it's a cough, heartburn, joint pain, or neuralgia, readers will discover how easy it is to treat 40 ailments and conditions using herbs and herbal preparations they grow and make themselves. With inspiration found in science, tradition, and modern herbalistic practices, Grow It, Heal It touts the healing power of more than 50 herbs—from anise hyssop to yerba mansa. Two of the nation's premiere herbalists share growing, harvesting, and healing advice in this easy-to-use and friendly guidebook for herbal newbies, featuring teas, tinctures, salves, poultices, compresses, and aromatherapy.
Among the many benefits of growing do-it-yourself remedies, readers will discover the convenience of preparing healing potions and salves when they're most needed; the advantage of having organic, fresh, and high-quality herbs they've nurtured themselves; and how empowering it is to engage in self-care and why that's important to the healing process. Growing herbs at home allows readers to take an active role in their own health care.
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March 29, 2020
Hate e. Right ballpark. Natural naturopath if doctor s worth weight in gold.herbal cures by master herbalist Dr John Tobe 99¢ how long are we supposed to stay in. I take garlic, vitc. Souls
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July 18, 2016
I rented this book from the library and it was a very VERY informative easy to understand book. A great book to have on hand if you grow herbs or any gardening really
About the author
Christopher Hobbs is a licensed acupuncturist and 4th-generation herbalist with 30 years of experience. He teaches classes on herbal healing at universities and medical schools.
Leslie Gardner has a master's degree in herbology, was garden manager at the California School of Herbal Studies (the oldest herb school in America) for 19 years, and has been the Director of the Sonoma County Herb Exchange (which supplies supplement manufacturers) for 13 years. They live in Davis, CA.
Leslie Gardner has a master's degree in herbology, was garden manager at the California School of Herbal Studies (the oldest herb school in America) for 19 years, and has been the Director of the Sonoma County Herb Exchange (which supplies supplement manufacturers) for 13 years. They live in Davis, CA.
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