Herbs for Healthy Living: Recognition, Gathering, Use, and Effect

by Ute Kunkele, Till R. Lohmeyer

Healing plants can be found almost anywhere in the natural world; by the wayside, in damp meadows, in your own garden. But how do you gather and recognize the produce of the herbs, shrubs, and trees? How do you avoid confusing them with poisonous species? What parts of the plants--leaves, flowers, roots, fruits or bark--are gathered and how do you use them?

In this book, you will find more than 400 medicinal plants, all described in detail and accompanied by informative photographs. Thanks to easy-to-read tables, you can see at a glance what herbs can be used to treat which illnesses. Discover the wealth of plants and the many and varied therapies that Nature has to offer.

Genres: Nonfiction

319 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2007

Reviews

[jimtown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent reference photos and good information. There were many herbs (weeds, wildflowers) listed that I haven't seen or paid attention to. Some that perhaps don't grow in my area, and a lot that I recognize or have already tried. There were some missing from the book too, that I find here and use for tea or whatever the need may be.

Helpful in that it has definitions for all these things you hear about. Poultices, tinctures, elixirs, etc. All in all, a very useful reference.

[Natasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's good for beginners looking for a reference to the more popular herbs.