The medicinal gardening handbook A complete guide to growing, harvesting, and using healing herbs
Book - 2014
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- Published
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New York, NY :
Skyhorse Publishing
[2014]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xiii, 160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781629141954
- Foreword
- Introduction: Why grow medicinal herbs in your backyard
- History of Herbal Medicine: Plants used as medicine throughout the ages
- Meet The Plants: Getting to Know Your Herbal Allies
- The 12 Cultivated Herbs
- The 12 Wild Herbs
- Cultivating the Medicinal Garden: Design, location, choosing the herbs to grow, planting, and maintenance
- Implementing the Medicinal Herb Garden
- Testing, Soil Types, and Amending Your Soil
- Plan tins; Your Garden
- Urban Medicinal Gardening: Crowing in small spaces, containers, windowsills, and on rooftops
- From Harvest to Storage: When to harvest, how to harvest, drying methods, and storage
- Harvesting
- Drying
- Storage
- Simple Herbal Medicines & Home Remedies: How to make teas (infusions and decoctions), syrups, tinctures, powders (capsules, pills and poultices), oils, salves, dream pillows, and baths
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Appendix 1. Properties and Actions of Herbs
- Appendix 2. Additional Herbal Remedies
- Appendix 3. Freezing Fresh Herbs
- Appendix 4. Dosages
- Appendix 5. Collecting Herbs in the Wild
- Appendix 6. Cooking with Herbs Recipes
- Appendix 7. The Healing Power of Mushrooms
- A Few Edible and Medicinal Mushroom Profiles
- Resources: Companies/Organizations and Books
- About the Authors
- Photo Credits
- Index