Hedgerow Medicine: Harvest and Make your own Herbal Remedies

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Botanical gin and wild cocktails (using foraged herbs to make your own botanical gin) and the spice of life (exploring the medicinal qualities of spices and the fascinating history of the spice trade). The 'hands-on' approach aims to increase your confidence in and knowledge of the use of herbs for healing. He ran over a hundred marathons and ultra-marathons while living in South Africa and is author of Survive and Thrive in the New South Africa (How To Books, 2000).

I’ve used this book more times than I can count and the herbs have been amazing at treating all kinds of ailments! Hedgerow Medicine offers clear instruction on which plants to harvest, and when, and details over 120 recipes, showing how to make them into teas, vinegars, oils, creams, pillows, poultices or tinctures. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.You have a pharmacy at your fingertips, and the book shows you how to use herbs, spices, fruits, vegetables, oils, vinegars and other familiar kitchen items to treat common ailments. The maximum amount that can be refunded is 40% of the course fee excluding registration and any digital goods that have been used and the Course Manager will advise about this. I was expecting just another herbal book (I have others), with basic descriptions of the plants and their properties. Before you know it you ll be strolling book in hand along autumn hedgerows picking remedies that will see you through what the winter has to throw at you.

Julie is a Fellow of the Association of Master Herbalists, an artist, photographer, graphic designer and silver jeweller. The tutor marking amount equates to 40% of the course fee excluding registration and any digital goods that have been accessed.The art of natural perfumery (a weekend course introducing the less well known essential oil used in perfumery, how to blend and make perfumes). Beyond the 14-day period, if you wish to withdraw from your course for good reason, a partial refund may be granted if you purchased the course with tutor marking, are still inside the three-month period and have not submitted work to your tutor for marking. It has added even more pleasure to my woodland walks, seaside strolls and given me a new outlook on life with the ability to really appreciate the value and benefits of getting back to nature. And while the effect lasts just a couple of hours, I feel none of the drowsiness of my usual antihistamine.

The sample ranges from blackthorn to ylang ylang, and, as in our books, offers a plant description, herbal and other uses, a quote or two, a recipe and photos by Julie. It is a richly illustrated guide to the wonderful healing mysteries of the common plants we may overlook when admiring our carefully cultivated garden roses, lilac or rhododendron blooms.We all need the company of plants and wild places in our lives, whether this is in an old wood, a remote moor or seashore, or even in our own garden. It has the same layout, with its strong visual emphasis, and the same sequence of information in each chapter, with added emphasis on modern clinical work on the plant and simple medicinal recipes using it. I don't say this too often about the books, I review, but this book is without quesiton one you simply must have. The nutrients in herbs and many hedgerow plants are readily available to the human digestive: we absorb up to 48% of the vitamins and minerals in herbs and common plants compared to only 18% of fruit and vegetables. Her photographs have been widely published in books and magazines, including National Geographic, and she has worked as a wildlife illustrator and artist for many years, holding a number of exhibitions.