Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use

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Rosemary Gladstar

Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs

A Beginner's Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use

Rosemary Gladstar

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Storey Publishing LLC
10 April 2012

Traditional medicine & herbal remedies; Gardening: herbs

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 life's 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.

By: Rosemary Gladstar
Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 176mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 550g
ISBN: 9781612120058
ISBN 10: 1612120059
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 10 April 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use

The goal of this beginner's 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, you'll find this a wonderful addition to your home library. This expert herbalist always offers exert advice ... Anyone can prepare her tried and true, yet always effective, recipes. --The Essential Herbal 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 Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's 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 book is a brand new, sparkling gem, full of treats and surprises and everything important. ... not just for the beginner, even though that's what the title says. It will definitely be inspiring and helpful to someone just starting out, but also to anyone who's been working with herbs for a while and might be looking for some fresh inspiration. 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