Home Herbal : the Ultimate Guide to Cooking, Brewing, and Blending Your Own Herbs

Recommending herbs for both well-being and minor ailments, Home Herbal: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking, Brewing, and Blending Your Own Herbs offers a wealth of practical advice on the medicinal, cleaning, and consumptive uses of herbs. Featuring an A-Z directory of 100 key herbs, with information on how to grow, harvest, prepare, and use them, Home Herbal: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking, Brewing, and Blending Your Own Herbs emphasizes what anyone can achieve in their garden and kitchen. Contents 5 ......Page 7 Introduction 8 ......Page 11 A-z of Herbs 10 ......Page 13 Use Herbs 138 ......Page 141 Recipe Choosers 140 ......Page 142 Heal from the Inside 160 ......Page 163 Juices and Smoothies 162 ......Page 165 Teas 174 ......Page 177 Cordials and Syrups 186 ......Page 189 Tinctures 198 ......Page 201 Soups 212 ......Page 215 Salads 226 ......Page 229 Bars 238 ......Page 241 Heal from the Outside 244 ......Page 247 Face and Body Creams 246 ......Page 249 Body Scrubs 258 ......Page 261 Body Oils 264 ......Page 267 Body Spritzes 270 ......Page 273 Body Powders 276 ......Page 279 Soaps 282 ......Page 285 Cleansers 288 ......Page 291 Toners 292 ......Page 295 Face Masks 296 ......Page 299 Balms 302 ......Page 305 Bath Bombs 306 ......Page 309 Bath Infusions 310 ......Page 313 Hair and Scalp Treatments 318 ......Page 321 Source Herbs 328 ......Page 331 Planning Your Herb Garden 330 ......Page 332 Wildcrafting 338 ......Page 340 Buying and Storing Herbs 340 ......Page 342 Herb Basics 342 ......Page 344 Glossary 344 ......Page 346 Index 346 ......Page 348 Useful Websites 351 ......Page 353 Acknowledgments 352 ......Page 354 Tap into the healing power of plants with Home Herbal. The modern answer to the traditional herbal, this beautifully illustrated eBook shows you how easy it is to grow and use a wide range of safe, effective medicinal herbs at home. Discover how to treat everyday ailments with home-made tinctures, and syrups, and how to use food as medicine with delicious, seasonal herb-based soups, smoothies and juices, hot drinks, and salads that will soothe, calm, and heal. With step by step breakdowns, learn how to grow your own food, forage in the wild, or buy items from a herbalist. Then, Home Herbal teaches you how to use herbs and recommends the top herbs for treating common ailments and presents nourishing, healing recipes for every season. Learn step-by-step techniques and herbal recipes for balms, massage blends, and bath oils. Home Herbal also features a fully illustrated A-Z directory of herbs that covers everything you need to know about each of the 100 herbs selected, from how to grow them, to which conditions they can help to treat, and the best ways to apply them. With Home Herbal as your guide, discover the satisfaction that comes from growing your own herbs and using them to care for yourself and your family, safe in the knowledge that they are natural and gentle, but highly effective. Tap into the healing power of plants with Home Herbal. The modern answer to the traditional herbal, this beautifully illustrated book shows you how easy it is to grow and use a wide range of safe, effective medicinal herbs at home. Discover how to treat everyday ailments with home-made tinctures, and syrups, and how to use food as medicine with delicious, seasonal herb-based soups, smoothies and juices, hot drinks, and salads that will soothe, calm, and heal. The book opens with step-by-step advice on how to source herbs: how to grow your own, forage in the wild, or buy them from a herbalist. T Make your own health-enhancing herbal remedies with recipes developed by professional herbalists. Use the directory of 100 key medicinal herbs to discover what each herb can treat, how to harvest and grow it, how to use it to make a remedy, and how to apply it, with detailed dosage advice. Follow step-by-step photographic demonstrations and recipes to make creams, bath soaks, face masks, soaps, and a huge variety of homemade remedies in your own kitchen. Eat to heal with over 70 recipes for herbal teas, tinctures, smoothies, salads, and soups. - Back cover. "Use the directory of 100 key medicinal herbs to discover what each herb can treat, how to harvest and grow it, how to use it to make a remedy, and how to apply it-- with detailed dosage advice. Follow step-by-step photographic demonstrations and recipes to make creams, bath soaks, face masks, soaps, and a huge variety of homemade remedies in your own kitchen. Eat to heal with over 70 recipes for herbal teas, tinctures, smoothies, salads, and soups"--P. [4] of cover Use this directory of 100 key medicinal herbs to discover what each herb can treat, how to harvest and grow it, how to use it to make a remedy, and how to apply it-- with detailed dosage advice.