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An Illustrated Guide to Herbs: Their Medicine and Magic
An Illustrated Guide to Herbs Their Medicine and Magic Author:Anna Kruger Herbs are fascinating plants that have provided us with food, medicine, fragrances, cosmetics, and dyes, for thousands of years. Our ancestors, who lived closer to nature, were deeply respectful of the remarkable properties of these versatile plants and wove around them a rich tapestry of mysticism and magic. Today, modern scientific analysis ha... more »s dispensed with the idea of green magic, and we are rapidly losing our instincts for the natural world. For many of us, visits to the countryside are brief and our contact with nature is tenuous. Most herbs are no longer valued for their medicinal and household uses, while those we do allow into our homes are confined to the kitchen. Yet we may be surprised at just how much we do retain of the old adages and rhymes we half remember from our childhood. This carefully researched book offers a wealth of unusual information that will rekindle our interest in the traditional remedies known to our grandmothers and the wise women before them. It aims to re-establish and strengthen our natural and ancestral links with the living world of plants. An Illustrated Guide to Herbs is a classic guide to over 200 herbs. It is fascinating to read and beautifully illustrated. It contains practical sections on cooking with herbs, herbal cosmetics and herbs for the home, as well as clear guidance on how to collect, prepare, store, and use herbs. Growing tips are included too, since herbs are easy and enjoyable to grow, whether you have a country garden or a few pots on a city windowsill. For the modern enthusiast, it provides up-to-date, authoritative information on the properties and constituents of herbs, as well as informative summaries of current usages. For those drawn to know more about herbal folklore and green magic, this book reveals the mystical, spiritual, and even astrological associations of herbs.« less