The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook

Create a holistic, at-home pharmacy tailored to your lifestyle with this definitive resource for making affordable herbal remedies that can restore gut health, lower blood pressure, combat anxiety, and more, from the renowned herbalist and co-founder of the American Herbalists Guild.

Herbal medicine-making has been a fundamental staple of human nutrition and health for millennia. In The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook, celebrated herbalist James Green explores the numerous benefits of plants and herbs and shows how you, too, can harness them in your daily life. Budget-friendly and easy to make, herbal remedies have extraordinary capabilities for alleviating insomnia, treating infections, soothing headaches, and many other vital benefits. Learn how to erase the stresses of modern life with this invaluable handbook that includes:

• Comprehensive charts of different herbs and their healing properties
• A short list of easy-to-find equipment for making solvents, infusions, tinctures, creams, lozenges, and more
• Instructions on how to garden, harvest, and store your own herbs
• Recipes for anti-fungal lotions, cough-suppressing syrups, earache-relieving oil infusions, and pain-relieving poultices, to name a few
• And so much more!

Armed with The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook, you’ll gain the confidence and knowledge to create your own natural remedies at home so you can combat any ailment that comes your way.

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