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If you are interested in using plants for healing the body, first look at what's growing around you, in your garden and along the routes you regularly walk or drive. Discover the therapeutic benefits of the plants with which you share your immediate environment. You'll be amazed at the potential medicines you can find everywhere from your lawn and flower borders to the veggie plot, hedgerows and beyond. The Medicine Garden guides you through when to collect and how to preserve different plants, allowing you to confidently gather ingredients and prepare your own teas, salves, syrups and tinctures to treat everyday ailments from headaches, flu and hayfever to coldsores and insect bites. Making these simple home remedies has its own satisfaction, you will feel empowered as you save money whilst lovingly crafting healing elixirs for yourself and your family. As your arsenal of natural remedies expands you will find that you use over the counter medications for minor ailments less and less. So, that when the winter wind is howling and you are coming down with flu, you don't even need to leave your front door, simply put the kettle on and take a spoonful of something you prepared earlier...
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Format:Paperback
`The Medicine Garden', by Rachel Corby, is a breath of delicately scented air that fills the senses with joy. It is infused throughout with Rachel's passion for her subject and is liberally seasoned with her own delightful anecdotes. One almost feels like her companion on a relaxing stroll through a beautiful garden on a balmy summer day. Her approach is friendly, her humour gentle and infectious, and she is open and generous with her knowledge. This is a book that can be dipped into time and again in a spare moment or as a reference manual, but it can also be read from cover to cover without ever becoming wearisome or repetitive.
Rachel begins by introducing herself, her love of nature in general and of healing plants in particular. She reminds us of our own place within Creation and of our responsibility towards the other `beings' we share our planet with. She then goes on to briefly discuss diet and lifestyle and their role in health and ill-health. There follows a short chapter on the myriad ways of preparing medicinal plants - infusions, decoctions, tinctures and salves, as well as syrups, vinegars and sleep pillows - along with advice on how to administer each of them.
The main part of the book is divided into two sections. The first features herbs that can be easily cultivated or might even already be resident in our gardens; the second takes a look at plants that might be found slightly further afield in a variety of habitats including coastal, woodland and moorland environments.
Almost 150 medicinal plants are described in detail - these include herbs both familiar and more exotic, fruit and vegetables, shrubs and trees. Each entry gives clear instructions on collection and preparation of the plant, lists its main actions and applications, and flags up any cautions or contraindications. Many are accompanied by black and white photographs, and there is a section of colour plates in the middle of the book featuring the prettiest flowers and fruits. However, readers inexperienced in the accurate identification of plants would be advised to have a botanical field guide to hand in addition to this book.
Finally, the reader is provided with a series of appendices which list common ailments together with suggested remedies, a directory of resources and suppliers, a glossary and bibliography, and some exercises for communicating with plants.
Although she is not a professional medical herbalist, Rachel Corby draws upon a lifetime of experience in getting up close and personal with plants, listening to and learning from healers in Africa, Central America and beyond. She has travelled extensively, both literally and spiritually, in her quest for knowledge about the healing power of plants, and has recently completed an apprenticeship with Stephen Harrod Buhner. Her love of and respect for Nature shines through on every page of this wonderful book. It deserves a place on the bookshelf of amateur and professional herbalist alike.
Rachel begins by introducing herself, her love of nature in general and of healing plants in particular. She reminds us of our own place within Creation and of our responsibility towards the other `beings' we share our planet with. She then goes on to briefly discuss diet and lifestyle and their role in health and ill-health. There follows a short chapter on the myriad ways of preparing medicinal plants - infusions, decoctions, tinctures and salves, as well as syrups, vinegars and sleep pillows - along with advice on how to administer each of them.
The main part of the book is divided into two sections. The first features herbs that can be easily cultivated or might even already be resident in our gardens; the second takes a look at plants that might be found slightly further afield in a variety of habitats including coastal, woodland and moorland environments.
Almost 150 medicinal plants are described in detail - these include herbs both familiar and more exotic, fruit and vegetables, shrubs and trees. Each entry gives clear instructions on collection and preparation of the plant, lists its main actions and applications, and flags up any cautions or contraindications. Many are accompanied by black and white photographs, and there is a section of colour plates in the middle of the book featuring the prettiest flowers and fruits. However, readers inexperienced in the accurate identification of plants would be advised to have a botanical field guide to hand in addition to this book.
Finally, the reader is provided with a series of appendices which list common ailments together with suggested remedies, a directory of resources and suppliers, a glossary and bibliography, and some exercises for communicating with plants.
Although she is not a professional medical herbalist, Rachel Corby draws upon a lifetime of experience in getting up close and personal with plants, listening to and learning from healers in Africa, Central America and beyond. She has travelled extensively, both literally and spiritually, in her quest for knowledge about the healing power of plants, and has recently completed an apprenticeship with Stephen Harrod Buhner. Her love of and respect for Nature shines through on every page of this wonderful book. It deserves a place on the bookshelf of amateur and professional herbalist alike.
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1 Jun 2011
Format:Paperback
This is a beautifully written and photographed book. I have quite a few herbal books and limited space, and have decided that this book is a keeper. The author has taken a lot of care to make sure that the book is user friendly and not just a compendium of information though she does give you quite a bit of learning. I especially enjoyed the introductory sections as Rachel introduces some concepts that bear thinking about. Even though this book is written for an English audience I find that it translates well to America as our ancestors brought many of the herbs that are not native to this land and they are well established here also. This is a truly empowering book to aid in healing yourself and the land.
Great resource!
27 Mar 2011
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This book is a great resource - thoroughly researched and very well written. I recommend to anyone interested in natural remedies.
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