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Herbal Medicine for Beginners: Your Guide to Healing Common Ailments with 35 Medicinal Herbs
Learn to make natural remedies and heal yourself and your loved ones with Herbal Medicine For Beginners.
Discover how to craft herbal remedies and treat common ailments with easy-to-find herbs in Herbal Medicine for Beginners . Crafting natural treatments is straightforward with a handful of herbs that can be used to treat many conditions. Get the information and the instructions you need with this easy-to-navigate guide, featuring basic healing plants, techniques to prepare and preserve them, and methods to apply them.
Learn how to heal with medicinal plants
Get the skills to confidently craft your own plant-based medicine with Herbal Medicine for Beginners .
Discover how to craft herbal remedies and treat common ailments with easy-to-find herbs in Herbal Medicine for Beginners . Crafting natural treatments is straightforward with a handful of herbs that can be used to treat many conditions. Get the information and the instructions you need with this easy-to-navigate guide, featuring basic healing plants, techniques to prepare and preserve them, and methods to apply them.
Learn how to heal with medicinal plants
Get the skills to confidently craft your own plant-based medicine with Herbal Medicine for Beginners .
248 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2018
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April 27, 2021
This book has a good amount of information and, despite what another review said, does actually have photos of the herbs it talks about on the side. While it was interesting, it just didn't include as much detail and information that I was looking for as a research. Some recommendations for the herbal remedies for common ailments aren't actually recommended according to other sources, so 3/5 stars.
May 24, 2022
Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. I already want to learn more. This was the perfect amount of information with each component well organized and simplistic in nature so that it wasn't overwhelming.
July 16, 2023
Excellent and accessible guide for the beginner. I really like how the book starts from the absolute basics, e.g., definitions for everything, common plants, where to source them, etc. Reading this definitely primed me for more advanced guides.
March 5, 2023
This is a really great primer on herbs.
I love the way it’s presented.
A. How to make concoctions
B. 35 types of common herbs and what they do
C. Ailments that you might have and which herbs work best
Definitely a keeper for my shelf to reference often.
I love the way it’s presented.
A. How to make concoctions
B. 35 types of common herbs and what they do
C. Ailments that you might have and which herbs work best
Definitely a keeper for my shelf to reference often.
April 12, 2021
Comprehensive and Informative
This is a good introductory book to botanical remedies.
I also have Green’s Medicinal handbook, a couple different materia medicas, and other herbal books. With all things, verify. If 3-10 books agree on an herb, its usage, dosage, best practices, then yay and proceed! If you can’t find 3 books to agree, best not to use that particular herb.
Try each herb, one at a time. Use a single herb within a 24 hour period, especially if you’ve never used botanicals before. If there is no reaction, then take that herb in whichever form is recommended. Wait 24 hours. If no reaction, keep it in your resources list.
First aid is huge on my mind right now, so I would recommend starting with making salves and infused oils, as they can be time intensive. Same with tinctures.
Apple cider vinegar and/or glycerin tinctures, teas, and syrups for children 2+.
Again, this is a good, comprehensive and informative book, a good companion for an herbal class such as found on Udemy, the Centre for Excellence, and Coursera.
Read this book - it’s available with Kindle Unlimited. Then buy this book, because you’ll want to refer back to it. Learn. Play around with the remedies. Find what works best for you and your family. Have fun. Explore the world of herbalism.
Welcome.
This is a good introductory book to botanical remedies.
I also have Green’s Medicinal handbook, a couple different materia medicas, and other herbal books. With all things, verify. If 3-10 books agree on an herb, its usage, dosage, best practices, then yay and proceed! If you can’t find 3 books to agree, best not to use that particular herb.
Try each herb, one at a time. Use a single herb within a 24 hour period, especially if you’ve never used botanicals before. If there is no reaction, then take that herb in whichever form is recommended. Wait 24 hours. If no reaction, keep it in your resources list.
First aid is huge on my mind right now, so I would recommend starting with making salves and infused oils, as they can be time intensive. Same with tinctures.
Apple cider vinegar and/or glycerin tinctures, teas, and syrups for children 2+.
Again, this is a good, comprehensive and informative book, a good companion for an herbal class such as found on Udemy, the Centre for Excellence, and Coursera.
Read this book - it’s available with Kindle Unlimited. Then buy this book, because you’ll want to refer back to it. Learn. Play around with the remedies. Find what works best for you and your family. Have fun. Explore the world of herbalism.
Welcome.
January 13, 2020
For everyone wanting to start with herbalism; either for yourself, your family or trying to discover if herbalism is something they want to work with professionally, this book is great. It's written in easy to understand language and not too overwhelming since they start with only 35 easy ro work with herbs. Great book, I would definitly recommend it!
December 10, 2024
Well, it was pretty good! I admit I only started this because I like the narrator Tiffany Morgan and I found this book in her portfolio. I don't intend to create tinctures, prepare them or otherwise manually craft "potions" from these herbs, but I encountered some of them already in supplement or store-bought powder form. Now I know better what they are for.
I have this belief that nature can create way more interesting molecules than people do in the labs, but there is hardly any financial incentive to study them at the same level as drug companies do with their compounds. Hence doctors might shun these poor herbs on the grounds of "not scientifically proven efficacy." Of course because no evidence means no one is doing testing because the herbs don't pay them. :D So I respect herbs a lot and I'd "use" them any day over a synthetic drug, unless my life depended on it.
Perhaps the audiobook format is not the best for this type of recipe/cookbook, but I'll keep an ebook copy as a reference. What I liked is that the book covers several approaches. One aspect is going from herb to herb, another is going from problem to problem, and telling you what is good for this and that. But, this also brings some repetition that I ultimately didn't mind. The book has an effect where, the next time you encounter any of these herbs, you'll remember learning about them in this book!
I have this belief that nature can create way more interesting molecules than people do in the labs, but there is hardly any financial incentive to study them at the same level as drug companies do with their compounds. Hence doctors might shun these poor herbs on the grounds of "not scientifically proven efficacy." Of course because no evidence means no one is doing testing because the herbs don't pay them. :D So I respect herbs a lot and I'd "use" them any day over a synthetic drug, unless my life depended on it.
Perhaps the audiobook format is not the best for this type of recipe/cookbook, but I'll keep an ebook copy as a reference. What I liked is that the book covers several approaches. One aspect is going from herb to herb, another is going from problem to problem, and telling you what is good for this and that. But, this also brings some repetition that I ultimately didn't mind. The book has an effect where, the next time you encounter any of these herbs, you'll remember learning about them in this book!
September 13, 2018
As a true beginner with Herbal Remedies this book piqued my interest. Not only does it offer a thorough index of medicinal herbs and their uses the author also provides numerous recipes with instructions on how to use the herbs. This would be a great reference book for anyone dabbling in herbal medicine.
December 20, 2021
Good beginner info
I really liked the fact that the book opens with the four humours, dry, wet, hot, and cold. Understanding that makes a huge difference when looking for herbal remedies. I also liked that it gave a guide to some good beginner herbs. If you’re just starting out, this is a good intro to herbalism.
I really liked the fact that the book opens with the four humours, dry, wet, hot, and cold. Understanding that makes a huge difference when looking for herbal remedies. I also liked that it gave a guide to some good beginner herbs. If you’re just starting out, this is a good intro to herbalism.
December 13, 2023
Very thorough! I wanted something that I could easily flip through to find info on specific herbs, and this is just that. I also plan to use it to plan my herb garden for next year. I think that this is going to be a well loved book in my home. I already can’t wait to try making some of the tincture recipes!
April 17, 2020
Interesting and eye opening
It’s well written, easy to read and full of tips and tricks to make all types of natural healing remedies for you and your family. I would really recommend this book to anyone that wishes to start learning about herbal medicine.
It’s well written, easy to read and full of tips and tricks to make all types of natural healing remedies for you and your family. I would really recommend this book to anyone that wishes to start learning about herbal medicine.
June 4, 2020
Good resource for beginners and also those who have studied the benefits of herbs for a long time.
This book has a resource of 35 herbs that every person should have and then it has recipes for different ailments.
This book has a resource of 35 herbs that every person should have and then it has recipes for different ailments.
May 17, 2022
This is a great book for beginners looking to learn more about how to get the most out of your herbs. I learned some great new techniques and enjoyed that all of the methods described can be used on pretty much anything! This is one of the few books I keep in my kitchen for constant reference.
January 15, 2019
Definitely going to use this book as a reference from now on!
December 6, 2019
Would have been a 4 if they author hadn't kept overstating the capabilities of herbal medicine.
February 10, 2020
Great tool for learning remedies for common ailments. Includes recipes and directions on making tinctures, salves, lotions etc. Also lists each of the herbs medicinal properties.
April 17, 2020
I learned so much and it's amazing how much we stopped using what we used to use.
April 22, 2020
Great Foundation to Herbalism
This book is great as a foundation as well as to reference for future use. It is simple and detailed.
This book is great as a foundation as well as to reference for future use. It is simple and detailed.
July 24, 2020
Very disappointed with this book. There are no pictures of the plants/herbs being used so you can identify them. This book was a waste of money. So sorry I chose it -- my mistake.
December 12, 2020
This was great, herbs categorized and shown what they are good for. This is in my cart and I’m totally for this! I like it!
June 4, 2021
Great book! Gives a lot of information on herbs and recipes to try. ❤️
December 31, 2022
Releaf
Hate meds want more natural I me and those I love. Food that heals. This better then chemicals that could cause other issues.
Hate meds want more natural I me and those I love. Food that heals. This better then chemicals that could cause other issues.
February 21, 2024
helpful can’t wait to try some out
July 9, 2025
Great book. Very informative and helpful.
July 4, 2019
Great resource. The book is laid out well, with clear and easy to find information, and simple herbal recipes for healing.
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