The Big Book of Herbal Medicine: 300 Natural Remedies for Health and Wellness

by Tina Sams

Tap into nature’s medicine cabinet and alleviate your ailments

Better health and wellness can begin in your own backyard—literally. Discover the benefits of natural remedies with this definitive guide to herbal medicine and gain a greater understanding of how you can use plants to treat common ailments like rashes, exhaustion, inflammation, stomachaches, and so much more.

What sets this herbal medicine book

Survey of herbal medicine—Whether you’re new to herbalism or a dedicated practitioner, enjoy a comprehensive overview that covers all important aspects of medicinal herbs such as energetics, dosage, and must-have tools.90 herb profiles—Explore the healing properties, safety considerations, and preparations of 90 herbs that are simple to source, from aloe to yarrow.300 natural remedies—Address a wide range of physical, emotional, and skin-related issues with hundreds of easy-to-follow recipes for salves, balms, syrups, teas, and more.

Unearth nature’s healing remedies and improve your well-being with The Big Book of Herbal Medicine.

Genres: Health, Reference

885 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 15, 2022

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

She makes herbalism accessible, with a ton of wonderful recipes for all sorts of ailments. A great book if you just want to jump in and get started creating!

[Kathryn Spieldenner]

Received this as a gift & wow — super interesting and I look forward to using it as a resource for common ailments! The author makes at-home herbal remedies accessible and understandable, from salves to tinctures to teas and more.

[Cory · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this beautiful book. I received a copy to review from the Publisher. I am an herbalist but have drifted away from active herbal tinkering and experimenting. Therefore, I really enjoyed relearning some things that I have forgotten. It gave me the inspiration to finally use the Calendula petals that I dried last season for an infused shea butter. I also learned some really interesting tidbits such as Clove trees taking 20 years to reach maturity for bud production. Wow!

I love that the author gives really down-to-earth and practical advice. She warns you about what can go wrong based on her personal experiences, such as forgetting to immediately label her creations, etc. The book is up to date on modern herbal trends, and the author is able to clarify things that may be confusing like herbal infusions and dosages for herbs. I already see a few formulas that I plan to try from the remedies section. There are recipes for internal and external use products. The photos are really a delight as well.

[Rebekah Bailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received an advance copy for review from the publisher. I must also include that I am a friend of the author, so my review might be considered biased. However, I'll attempt to be objective.

I'm a gardener and folk herbalist of 30+ years, and I've thumbed my way through a lot of plant and herb books over the years. This one will be joining my herbal reference shelf, and I suspect that it will see considerable use when I'm looking for a quick overview of a particular plant, or inspiration for putting my harvest to good use.

For someone new to using herbs as medicine, this book is going provide a great education, and I feel I can heartily endorse it.

[Colin McGee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a pretty large collection of books detailing herbal remedies. This is one that I know I will return to again and again.

The book is sorted into 3 parts:
Understanding Herbal Medicine: This is a beginner's guide to herbs and how they can be used.
Herbs for Healing: A succinct overview of 90 herbs and what to do with them. This is probably aimed more at someone starting out with herbs, but is also a good guide to these plants even for more experienced herbalists.
Remedies for Health and Wellness: To my mind this is where the real value of the book lies. It contains 300 recipes for a host of ailments. It's broken down into remedies for physical wellness, mental health and skin / beauty remedies. Consider it a dictionary of herbal combinations for a multitude of needs.

Throughout the book emphasis is laid on how very simple it is for anyone to use these methods. Most of the items needed to create the remedies in the book are probably already in your kitchen. There's no need to spend large sums of money on buying specialist equipment.

I recommend this book highly. For the last 25 years I've found myself using James Duke's Green Pharmacy as my go-to for herbal remedies, but now I believe I have a replacement. And a better one at that!

Disclaimer: I was provided with an advance copy by the publisher.

[Kimberly · Rating 1 out of 5]

The recipes are VERY problematic. Combining coconut oil and olive oil doesn't make a salve, but does make a greasy mess. Storing fresh herbs in an airtight container in a cool dry place will result in a container full of mold. This is just a few examples of sheer stupidity in the recipe portion. Skip this book. I recommend anything by Rosemary Gladstar instead. Or at least a book that has been properly edited.

[SpiritWolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy read with good information

Easy to follow, kept my Interest. The author Explain things well. P Provided examples, personal experiences and good details.
Packed with useful information. I enjoyed the book a lot

[Amequeol Ellison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eye opening and informative

This is an awesome reference for a lot of herbal remedies. I honestly wish it had more, though. Like more eye care options especially. I learned a lot of things I didn't know before, so it kept me engaged.

[Molly · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a good basic book for those just starting to learn about the benefits of herbal medicine

[Tabi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting! I enjoyed the in depth detail about numerous herbs! Appreciated the list of recipes too!