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A family herbal for the modern family! If you yearn for a book with simple, easy-to-make medicinal teas that you and your family can take for common ailments, this is your book. The layout is deceptively simple: a page is devoted to each tea and its uses,...

A great guide that helps the herbal novice understand and use 56 important medicinal herbs. There are many fun, fast and low cost recipes from a stress releasing holy basil tea to an aromatic men's love liqueur!

Conventional wheatgrass, indoor vs. A modern, everything you need to know guide that explores the history and benefits of growing and using wheatgrass as a personal superfood or a profitable business venture.

More than 18,000 drug-herb-vitamin interactions are covered. Is it safe to take American ginseng and ginkgo with the blood-thinning drug Coumadin? Very easy-to-use reference organized by drug, combinations, and herbs, with details on adverse interactions,...

Why would you want to make your own crackers, you may ask. And using herbs from your garden you can create truly special party snacks such as Basil Crackers, Bacon & Tomato Crackers, Caraway Rye Crackers, Cheddar Crackers, Dill Seed Crackers, Poppy &...

Whether you are a home hops aficionado growing for personal use or you want to get into the business, this book will get your project up and running. This is a hands-on guide to growing hops by two experienced growers.

North American woodland plant with distinctive orange-yellow pendant-like flowers. Juice of plant can be added to soaps to make an effective poison ivy-fighting soap. Often grows in the same area as poison ivy, but it's handy to grow a patch of jewelweed...

Seed requires light and may take several weeks to germinate. Its use in food may related to ancient medicinal use. Younger leaves have a milder, richer flavour. Harvest leaves before the plant flowers and sets seed for best flavour.

From there it covers all aspects of growing from garden design and preparation, seeding and planting, to diseases and pests, and even how to breed new varieties if you are so inclined.

Feast for the eyes -- pleasing to the palate. Borage, Calendula, Heartsease, Nasturtium, Citrus Marigold. Herbs with edible flowers to add to salads, omelettes, desserts, and drinks.

Many health enthusiasts believe that the humble wheatgrass, in its live freshly sprouted form, pressed into juice, is a powerhouse of nutrients, enzymes and biotic factors that jumpstart the body and bring it up to top running condition.

Animal studies suggest it strengthens endurance. Chinese medicinal herb noted for strengthening the spleen and building energy. Purple flowers; grows up to 60cm/2 ft high. Also used as a diuretic and to reduce excessive sweating.

This pocketbook describes each body system and suggests helpful foods and recipes to address specific ailments from digestive problems to joint pain. Do you want to expand your daily use of herbs beyond teas and tinctures?

Similar to wild thyme -- aggressive creeper, up to 20cm/8in thick. Strong lemon scent.

Roots contain 2% saponin, a soapy substance valuable in shampoos; leaves a fine sheen to hair. Spectacular towering spikes of creamy white flowers. Easy to use: chopped roots are soaked in water and stirred to a lather.

Old fashioned variety that matures to a golden-yellow at maturity. Sweet, thick walled fruits add splash of colour to salads, vegetable trays, and stir fries. Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus, a common disease in peppers.

It is somewhat shade tolerant, but needs sun to bring out its best colour. This popular annual bedding plant has many hidden talents. If the plant blooms, it is best to remove the unprepossessing yellow flowers to maintain the foliage.

Good mid season variety with solid deep red head weighing about 2kg/5lb. Slow to burst, forms a tight, dense head with small core. Crisp and tender, adds colour to salads and fine flavour to cooked dishes.

Dried milky juice, called lactucarium or lettuce opium, was once used to induce sleep and to treat nervous disorders.

Used throughout Africa for fevers including malaria. (Adefetue) Collected in Ghana where it is known as adefetue among the Ewes. Leaf oil is highly antiseptic due to thymol content which explains its use as a gargle, dressing for wounds and treatment...

Easy to use reference chart gives plant type, height, soil, light, propagation and part used for tea. Our tea experts declare this book to be terrific. Tips for blending your own teas as well as recipes.

Valuable crops can be grown under the trees, from fruits and nuts, maple syrup, shiitake and oyster mushroom, to medicinal plants such as ginseng, goldenseal, black cohosh, and bloodroot.

Rich reddish-purple daisies appear from July to September. Highly regarded blood purifier used in the treatment of diseases caused by impurities. Medicinal activity has not been tested but is likely to be similar to the purple variety.

Grows a greenish-white but may blush if it stays on the plant long enough. Large juicy fruit with tender skin. 75 days to maturity. Excellent for eating fresh sliced on a sandwich, and not too wet to add to a salad.

Adds special flavour to sausages and meatloaf. Leaves add strong, spicy flavour to soups, sauces, stuffings, stews. Use plant tops to dye wool in shades of yellow, orange, brown and grey.

Very easy to grow. (Vap Ca) Vietnamese herb used fresh on meat dishes and in soups. It may be best to grow fish mint in containers because it can be persistent and hard to remove later if planted in the garden.

Nice contrast to white-variegated or green herbs. Attractive low growing ground cover with bronze purplish leaves. Traditionally used to cleanse the liverX1557 Astringent and mildly-analgesic aromatic herb used to treat wounds.