Healing Herbs - by Dede Cummings & Alyssa Holmes (Paperback)

About the Book

"Dig into the world of herbal medicine with this complete guide to cultivating and harvesting plants with healing properties. For thousands of years, people have been utilizing herbs and cultivating weeds found to speed the healing of wounds, soothe skin irritations, calm uneasy stomachs, and ward off illnesses. In these pages, you'll learn the basics of gardening in your backyard or on your windowsill or porch, including instructions for garden design, composting, garden maintenance, harvesting, recipes for salves, lotions, and poultices, and more! You'll also find profiles of useful herbs that are easy to grow or wildcraft, along with inspiring stories, medicine-making instructions, and recipes for your home medicine chest. Known to boost immunity, reduce blood pressure, aid digestion, and relieve arthritis among other medicinal properties, powerful plants such as garlic, Echinacea, yarrow, elderflower, mint, elecampane, and many more are included in this illustrated guide."--provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

A Practical and Beautiful Guide to Using Healing Herbs at Home

Healing Herbs is your complete guide to growing and harvesting plants with medicinal properties. Dede Cummings and Alyssa Holmes include thirty profiles of useful herbs that are easy to grow or wildcraft, along with inspiring stories, medicine-making instructions, and recipes for your home medicine chest. Powerful plants such as garlic, echinacea, elder, lemon balm, yarrow, and many more are featured and included in many recipes.

As you read, you'll learn the basics of gardening in your backyard--or on your windowsill or patio--as well as instructions for garden design and maintenance, harvesting, composting, and making your own teas, salves, and poultices. Healing Herbs will guide you in cultivating plants and utilizing herbs to speed the healing of wounds, reduce blood pressure, soothe skin irritations, calm uneasy stomachs, relieve arthritis, boost immunity, and ward off illnesses. In no time at all, this beautifully illustrated guide will become your go-to herbal reference.

Review Quotes

"What a beautiful book--so full of inspiring information, heart, and soul. I'm a reader who not only hungers for information, but for personal connections when I read. And this book delivers both in ample and abundant ways." --Rosemary Gladstar

"I am confident that readers of this book will become inspired to plant a garden that contains at least a few medicinals. They will change your life for the better, in many wonderful ways." --Barbara Fahs

About the Author

Dede Cummings is the coauthor of Living with Crohn's & Colitis: A Comprehensive Naturopathic Guide for Complete Digestive Wellness and Cooking Well: IBS, Medicinal Gardening Handbook, and Composting for the Absolute Beginner.

Alyssa Holmes is an herbalist and runs a full apothecary on her homestead where she sees clients, makes medicine, and offers retreats, learning groups, and apprenticeships. Her training includes studying with Rosemary Gladstar of Sage Mountain Herbs, Barbara Fahs on the Big Island of Hawaii, and the American Institute of Vedic Studies. Find out more at www.vitalvesselherbs.love. She lives in Brattleboro, Vermont.