Can someone recommend a good book of herbal medicine? | |
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Ellie Mae Clampet
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1078147 United States 09/04/2010 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The granddaddy of them all, Back to Eden by Jethro Kloss. [link to www.amazon.com] Everything you need to know in one book. |
Ellie Mae Clampet
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(OP) User ID: 1084461 United States 09/04/2010 11:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The granddaddy of them all, Back to Eden by Jethro Kloss. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1078147[link to www.amazon.com] Everything you need to know in one book. Thats more like it! I one click ordered it. Thank you:) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1078147 United States 09/04/2010 11:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The granddaddy of them all, Back to Eden by Jethro Kloss. Quoting: Ellie Mae Clampet[link to www.amazon.com] Everything you need to know in one book. Thats more like it! I one click ordered it. Thank you:) Yep, I should probably order a new one myself, mine is so dog-earred and stained, it has been well-used. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1089192 Canada 09/04/2010 12:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mine is "The Herb Book" by John Lust. Great cross-referencing between uses, botanical names, common names, preparations, plant ID, and more. I am on my third copy in 30 years and it is starting to come apart! Quoting: geowild 1083082Does that include how to extract essential oils, etc.? My garden is full of echinicia, milk thistle, lemon balm and so on but I have no clue what to do with it all. |
Anonymous coward User ID: 1074956 United States 09/04/2010 12:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Perhaps considering the resurgence toward more "natural" lifestyles it may once again be available, having been re-printed. Worth looking for! It lists herbs, leaves, flowers, and roots and what they cure, and then does the opposite, listing the specific illness or malady and what cures it. Also discusses water cures, massage therapies, sunshine cures, how to make tinctures and extractions, dosages, etc., fasting, fruit and vegetarian diets. |
geowild User ID: 1083082 United States 09/04/2010 12:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | To extract true essential oils, you need an extractor. I don't use one. Buy a bottle of Everclear or very good Vodka and (this time of year, anyway) dig up 3 year old echinacea roots, cut them up and put them in a mason jar-cover over with the alcohol and lid it-keep in a dark place for at least 6 weeks- You will then have a tincture. I tincture leaves and flowers in early summer because it has medicinal propterties, too, but the root in fall has the highest chemical properties of immunity stimulation. Just read about the individual plants to see which parts are best used for tincture and the proper time to harvest. |