Description: Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide by Rosemary Gladstar With this bestselling book by Rosemary Gladstar, the godmother of modern herbalism, learn how to grow, harvest, prepare, and use the 33 most common and versatile healing plants. Everyone will love this guide to inexpensive and natural home-healing! FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Craft a soothing aloe lotion after an encounter with poison ivy, make a dandelion-burdock tincture to fix sluggish digestion, and brew up some lavender-lemon balm tea to ease a stressful day. In this introductory guide, Rosemary Gladstar shows you how easy it can be to make your own herbal remedies for lifes common ailments. Gladstar profiles 33 common healing plants and includes advice on growing, harvesting, preparing, and using herbs in healing tinctures, oils, and creams. Stock your medicine cabinet full of all-natural, low-cost herbal preparations. Notes A guide to growing medicinal herbs and using them to treat ailments. Back Cover Home-Grown Medicine Effective, safe, and inexpensive, medicinal herbs are simple to grow, and they can be used to naturally fortify your body against common upsets and ailments. Rosemary Gladstar, the godmother of modern herbalism, offers a fresh introduction to growing and using 33 of her favorite herbs, complete with tips on introducing an herb patch to your backyard garden and easy-to-follow recipes for brewing restorative teas, blending soothing salves, and making tinctures, oils, syrups, and pills. 124 of Rosemary Gladstars favorite medicinal recipes include: Creaky Bones Cayenne Rub, page 63 Warming Cinnamon Bath Salts, page 68 Ginger Lemonaide, page 80 Brain Tonic Tincture, page 85 Good Gargle for a Bad Throat, page 88 Rosemarys Famous Face Cream, page 116 Nutritive Heart Tonic Tincture, page 136 Lemon Balm Bath, page 160 Peppermint Tooth Powder, page 187 Flap Home-Grown Medicine Effective, safe, and inexpensive, medicinal herbs are simple to grow, and they can be used to naturally fortify your body against common upsets and ailments. Rosemary Gladstar, the godmother of modern herbalism, offers a fresh introduction to growing and using 33 of her favorite herbs, complete with tips on introducing an herb patch to your backyard garden and easy-to-follow recipes for brewing restorative teas, blending soothing salves, and making tinctures, oils, syrups, and pills. 124 of Rosemary Gladstars favorite medicinal recipes include: Creaky Bones Cayenne Rub, page 63 Warming Cinnamon Bath Salts, page 68 Ginger Lemonaide, page 80 Brain Tonic Tincture, page 85 Good Gargle for a Bad Throat, page 88 Rosemarys Famous Face Cream, page 116 Nutritive Heart Tonic Tincture, page 136 Lemon Balm Bath, page 160 Peppermint Tooth Powder, page 187 Author Biography Rosemary Gladstar is the best-selling author of Rosemary Gladstar s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner s Guide and Rosemary Gladstar s Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health, which draw on her 40-plus years of experiences studying and teaching about the healing properties of herbs. She is a world-renowned educator, activist, and entrepreneur, and the founding director of Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center, the International Herb Symposium, and the New England Women s Herbal Conference. Gladstar is founding president of United Plant Savers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of native American herbs. She was the original formulator for Traditional Medicinal herbal teas and has led herbal educational adventures around the world. She is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and serves on the board of the Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine and The National Health Freedom Coalition. She lives in Vermont. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Welcome to the Wonderful World of Medicinal Herbs What Is a Medicinal Herb? How Is Herbal Medicine Used? The Benefits of Herbal Medicine Starting a Home Medicine Garden Chapter 2: How to Make Your Own Herbal Remedies Setting Up Your Kitchen Pharmacy Herbal Teas Syrups Oils Salves Tinctures Herbal Pills Baths, Poultices, and Compresses The Skinny on Dosage and Duration of Herbal Treatments Chapter 3: 9 Familiar Herbs & Spices to Grow and Use Basil Cayenne Cinnamon Garlic Ginger Rosemary Sage Thyme Turmeric Chapter 4: 24 Safe & Effective Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use Aloe Vera Burdock Calendula Chamomile Chickweed Dandelion Echinacea Elder Goldenseal Hawthorn Lavender Lemon Balm Licorice Marsh Mallow Mullein Nettle Oats Peppermint Plantain Red Clover St. Johns Wort Spearmint Valerian Yarrow Review "The goal of this beginners guide is to teach readers how to identify and cultivate medicinal herbs and then use them to create healing oils, salves, tonics and more. ... Whether your passions lie in gardening, crafting or natural health, youll find this a wonderful addition to your home library.""One of the most-trusted and well-respected herbalists of our time, Rosemary Gladstar, teaches readers how to grow, harvest, prepare, and use 33 of her favorite herbs in this new title. ... this book is a must-read for every budding herbalist."--Urban Farm"Rosemary Gladstar has been herbal wise woman to several generations, training future herbalists for 25 years at herSage Mountain Retreat Centeron 500 acres in Vermont. For those new to using herbs medicinally, her "Rosemary Gladstars Medicinal Herbs: A Beginners Guide"(Storey Publishing, 2012) is the perfect entry, with easy recipes, preparation basics and growing know-how."--HerbalGram: The Journal of the American Botanical Council"This expert herbalist always offers exert advice ... Anyone can prepare her tried and true, yet always effective, recipes."--The Essential Herbal"A compilation of the insights and wisdom gained from a lifetime of practice using medicinal herbs ... highly useful for anyone wishing to bring herbs into their life""This book is a brand new, sparkling gem, full of treats and surprises and everything important. ... not just for the beginner, even though thats what the title says. It will definitely be inspiring and helpful to someone just starting out, but also to anyone whos been working with herbs for a while and might be looking for some fresh inspiration." Review Text "This book is a brand new, sparkling gem, full of treats and surprises and everything important. ... not just for the beginner, even though thats what the title says. It will definitely be inspiring and helpful to someone just starting out, but also to anyone whos been working with herbs for a while and might be looking for some fresh inspiration." Review Quote "This expert herbalist always offers exert advice ... Anyone can prepare her tried and true, yet always effective, recipes." -- The Essential Herbal Excerpt from Book Infusions and Decoctions When making tea, leaves and flowers are prepared differently from roots and bark, in much the same way that spinach is cooked differently from potatoes. Leaves and flowers are generally steeped in hot water so as not to overcook and destroy the enzymes, vitamins, and precious essential oils. Roots and bark are generally simmered to draw forth the more tenacious plant constituents. There are a few exceptions to these rules, which youll generally find noted in herb books, including this one. But honestly, if you make a mistake and simmer a root that should have been steamed, dont panic. Your remedy will still work. The process of steeping a plant in boiling water is called infusion, while the process of simmering a plant in lightly boiling water is called decoction. When in doubt, steep. Steeping is much less destructive to many of the important medicinal components of plants. The longer you steep the herbs, the stronger the tea. Thats not always preferable, as long steeping times can bring out some of the less desirable parts of the plant. Steep black tea too long and what happens? It goes from being a fragrant, aromatic beverage to an astringent-tasting, tannin-rich medicinal tea. A medicinal tea blend, whether an infusion or a decoction, is defined by its strength and potency. For medicinal purposes, teas need to be fairly strong, and so youll use a relatively large amount of herbs in making them. How to Make a Medicinal INFUSION Infusions are made from the more delicate parts of the plant, such as the leaves, flowers, buds, some berries and seeds, and other aromatic plant parts. Highly aromatic roots such as valerian, ginger, and goldenseal are often steeped rather than decocted, though I find they are effective either way. After, add the spent herbs to your compost. Here are the basic steps. Instructions Put 4 to 6 tablespoons of dried herb (or 6 to 8 tablespoons of fresh herb) into a glass quart jar. Pour boiling water over the herbs, filling the jar. Let steep for 30 to 45 minutes. (The length of steeping time and the amount of herb you use will affect the strength of the tea.) Strain and drink. Details ISBN1612120059 Author Rosemary Gladstar Year 2012 ISBN-10 1612120059 ISBN-13 9781612120058 Media Book Pages 224 Imprint Storey Publishing LLC Subtitle 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use Place of Publication North Adams Country of Publication United States DEWEY 615.321 Short Title ROSEMARY GLADSTARS MEDICINAL H Language English Illustrations Yes Residence East Barre, VT, US Format Paperback Publication Date 2012-04-10 UK Release Date 2012-04-10 US Release Date 2012-04-10 Publisher Workman Publishing Audience General NZ Release Date 2012-04-09 AU Release Date 2012-04-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160657169;
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Book Title: Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: a Beginner's Guide
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