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The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual

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As a practicing medical herbalist I highly recommend anyone with a passion for plant medicine to purchase this book and bring herbal wisdom back home, to the kitchen and the garden in which the plants originated. This is an easy to follow, yet practical step-by-step guide for preparing herbal medicines at home, from preparing infusions and poultices to sitz baths and macerations. An expert guide to medicine making, with folklore and useful resources.

Finally a book that takes the magic of herbalism and adds a healthy dose of structure, science and common sense. As a beginning herbalist, I find the information contained in the book extremely useful and not found in many other places. This book has earned its place on my favorite list.

The Herbal Medicine-Makers Handbook blends the herbalist author's natural home remedies with his perspectives on the art of herbal medicine's applications, with recipes for folk extractions including plenty of recommendations for usage. The result is far more in-depth than your usual herbal recipe book, packed with insights on how to extract herbs, make tinctures, and apply them properly.

James Green's "The Herbal Medicine Maker's Handbook : A Home Manual" is one of my new favorite books on herbal forumlation. Green makes the subject not only easy to understand but he talks to the reader in such a way that makes the subject extremely accessable. Green has taken all the percieved diffuclty or mystery out of making your own medicines. I keep my copy right next to my herb cabinet where I can get right at it!

James Green's Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook compiles natural home remedies written by herbalist Green, who specializes in a chatty style and preparation recipes for both oral and topical applications. From folk methods of tincturing to creams, containers and storage and location of herbs, this includes many practical applications.

This book looks big, but the writing is so pleasant, its like a breeze. In there is the how to to every transformation one dreams to make.

I have used this book for yrs , my library had it and I finally purchased it . full of the how too ! our ds15 also uses it in all his wildcrafting and praparing herbal tinctures etc.

I would have liked to be informed if there was a delay in getting this to me. As of now, I have not received it but a book I ordered on the same day from another supplier arrived weeks ago.