Julie Bruton-seal

Backyard Medicine: Harvest and Make Your Own Herbal Remedies Julie Bruton-seal

Brief Description: "First published in Great Britain by Merlin Unwin Books, 2008 as Hedgerow medicine"--T.p. verso. Marc Notes: First published in Great Britain by Merlin Unwin Books, 2008 as Hedgerow medicine--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [198-202]) and index. Table of Contents: Preface to the North American edition -- Preface to the British edition -- Introduction -- Harvesting from the wild -- Using your herbal harvest -- Agrimony -- Bilberry -- Birch -- Blackberry, Bramble -- Burdock -- Cherry -- Chickweed -- Cleavers -- Coltsfoot -- Comfrey -- Couch grass -- Curled dock, Yellow dock -- Dandelion -- Elder -- Guelder rose, Crampbark -- Hawthorn -- Honeysuckle, Woodbine -- Hops -- Horse chestnut -- Horseradish -- Horsetail -- Lime, Linden -- Lycium -- Mallow -- Meadowsweet -- Mint -- Mugwort -- Mullein -- Nettle -- Oak -- Pellitory of the wall -- Plantain -- Ramsons, Bear garlic -- Raspberry -- Red clover -- Red poppy -- Rosebay willowherb, Fireweed -- Self-heal -- Shepherd's purse -- St John's wort -- Sweet cicely -- Teasel -- Vervain -- White deadnettle -- Wild lettuce -- Wild rose -- Willow -- Willowherb -- Wood betony -- Yarrow -- Notes to the text -- Recommended reading -- Resources -- Index. Publisher Marketing: "Backyard Medicine" is a beautiful book, packed with nearly 300 color photographs and over 120 herbal remedies that you can make yourself. It gives a fascinating insight into the literary, historic, and world-wide application of the fifty common plants that it covers. It is the sort of book you can enjoy as an armchair reader or use to harvest and make your own herbal remedies from wild plants. Anyone who wants to improve his or her health in the same way that human-kind has done for centuries around the world, by using local wild plants and herbs, will find this book fascinating and useful. Review Citations:

Library Journal 07/01/2012 pg. 43 (EAN 9781602397019, Paperback) - *Starred Review

Contributor Bio:  Bruton-Seal, Julie Julie Bruton-Seal is a practicing medical herbalist and natural healer. She is a Council member of the Association of Master Herbalists and editor of its quarterly magazine, Nature's Path. Contributor Bio:  Seal, Matthew Matthew Seal is a writer and editor.