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The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798889842521)
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xThe beloved best-selling classic for the modern herbalist--a definitive guide to 250 safe and effective herbal medicines, preparations, and single-herb remedies to make at home.
This comprehensive, full-color guide offers detailed and easy-to-follow instructions for making and using approximately 250 all-natural DIY herbal medicines. With practical tips, in-depth preparation techniques, and an inside look at some of the authors' own favorite formulas, The Modern Herbal Dispensatory walks beginners and advanced herbalists alike through: - The 12 major categories of herbs, from aromatic to sweet
- Herbal preparations the many ways to prepare and use herbs, from capsules and tinctures to standardized extracts and essential oils
- Choosing the best dosage form for each category of herb
- How to harvest, dry, and use fresh herbs
- Extractions terms, equipment, solvents, and calculations, plus how to extract herbs in water, alcohol, glycerin, and vinegar
- Advanced techniques: like percolation extracts, fluid extracts, and soxhlet extracts
- Preparations like oil-based extractions, topical applications, concentrates, lozenges, traditional Chinese methods, and more
- Formulas and dosages: how to design herbal formulas and use herbs safely and effectively
- Herbal insights and need-to-know wisdom, like why different preparations of the same herb affect the body differently; which herbs are medicinal when dry, but could be toxic when fresh; and why beginners typically see more potent results with formulations versus single-herb preparations The text includes multiple appendices, recommendations for further reading, in-depth full-color photo guides, and a helpful index. With advice on herbal preparations for 100+ illnesses and conditions and a comprehensive materia medica, The Modern Herbal Dispensatory is an enduring classic and beloved plant-medicine reference manual for herbalists, natural medicine practitioners, and anyone seeking safe, holistic, at-home care and inexpensive all-natural remedies.
Author: Thomas Easley, Steven Horne
ISBN-13: 9798889842521
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2025
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
This comprehensive, full-color guide offers detailed and easy-to-follow instructions for making and using approximately 250 all-natural DIY herbal medicines. With practical tips, in-depth preparation techniques, and an inside look at some of the authors' own favorite formulas, The Modern Herbal Dispensatory walks beginners and advanced herbalists alike through: - The 12 major categories of herbs, from aromatic to sweet
- Herbal preparations the many ways to prepare and use herbs, from capsules and tinctures to standardized extracts and essential oils
- Choosing the best dosage form for each category of herb
- How to harvest, dry, and use fresh herbs
- Extractions terms, equipment, solvents, and calculations, plus how to extract herbs in water, alcohol, glycerin, and vinegar
- Advanced techniques: like percolation extracts, fluid extracts, and soxhlet extracts
- Preparations like oil-based extractions, topical applications, concentrates, lozenges, traditional Chinese methods, and more
- Formulas and dosages: how to design herbal formulas and use herbs safely and effectively
- Herbal insights and need-to-know wisdom, like why different preparations of the same herb affect the body differently; which herbs are medicinal when dry, but could be toxic when fresh; and why beginners typically see more potent results with formulations versus single-herb preparations The text includes multiple appendices, recommendations for further reading, in-depth full-color photo guides, and a helpful index. With advice on herbal preparations for 100+ illnesses and conditions and a comprehensive materia medica, The Modern Herbal Dispensatory is an enduring classic and beloved plant-medicine reference manual for herbalists, natural medicine practitioners, and anyone seeking safe, holistic, at-home care and inexpensive all-natural remedies.
Author: Thomas Easley, Steven Horne
ISBN-13: 9798889842521
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2025
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
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