Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide is the perfect book for individuals who are interested in exploring natural remedies for common ailments. It covers a variety of plants that can be easily grown and used in various ways, along with step-by-step instructions for making herbal preparations. The book also includes basic recipes that can be easily made at home to improve one's health. Users will appreciate how this book makes herbal medicine accessible and easy to understand for beginners.

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Widely recognized as the godmother of modern herbalism, Rosemary Gladstar is renowned worldwide for her inspired teaching and trustworthy knowledge of healing herbs. With Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide, Gladstar offers a fresh introduction for a new generation of gardeners and natural health and self-sufficiency enthusiasts.Thirty-three of the most common and versatile healing plants are profiled in depth to get the budding herbalist off on the right foot. Readers will learn how to grow, harvest, prepare, and use each herb. Step-by-step instructions explain how to prepare herbal teas, salves, syrups, tinctures, oils, and liniments to stock the home medicine chest. Simple recipes explore each plant's healing qualities - aloe lotion for poison ivy, dandelion-burdock tincture for sluggish digestion, and lavender-lemon balm tea for stress relief. Gladstar shows how easy it is to make safe, all-natural, low-cost healing remedies for common ailments.

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