The Domestic Herbal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Domestic Herbal write by Margaret Willes. This book was released on 2020. The Domestic Herbal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the seventeenth century, even the most elaborate and fashionable gardens had areas set aside for growing herbs, fruit, vegetables and flowers for domestic use, while those of more modest establishments were vital to the survival of the household. This was also a period of exciting introductions of plants from overseas.Using manuscript household manuals, recipe books and printed herbals, this book takes the reader on a tour of the productive garden and of the various parts of the house - kitchens and service rooms, living rooms and bedrooms - to show how these plants were used for cooking and brewing, medicines and cosmetics, in the making and care of clothes, and finally to keep rooms fresh, fragrant and decorated. Recipes used by seventeenth-century households for preparations such as flower syrups, snail water and wormwood ale are also included.A brief herbal gives descriptions of plants that are familiar today, others not so well known, such as the herbs used for dyeing and brewing, and those that held a particular cultural importance in the seventeenth century. Featuring exquisite coloured illustrations from John Gerard's herbal of 1597 as well as prints, archival material and manuscripts, this book provides an intriguing and original focus on the domestic history of Stuart England.
The Herbal Handbook for Home and Health
The Herbal Handbook for Home and Health - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Herbal Handbook for Home and Health write by Pip Waller. This book was released on 2015-03-03. The Herbal Handbook for Home and Health available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Kitchen pharmacy meets green cleaning and natural beauty in this comprehensive handbook of 501 recipes that harness the power of plants to enhance wellness and toxin-free living. Expert herbalist Pip Waller provides a wealth of information about growing, collecting, preserving, and preparing herbs for a variety of purposes--from cleaning products, to food and drink, medicines, beauty products, and more. Attractive and easy to use, The Herbal Handbook for Home and Health includes growing tips and profiles of herbs, guidelines for setting up an herbalist's kitchen, and techniques to make everything from tinctures to tonics. A valuable resource for anyone affected by allergies or sensitivities, this compendium is handsomely produced with two-color printing throughout and more than three hundred striking illustrations. The Handbook includes contributions from herbalists from around the world and encompasses recipes that range from very simple to more complex. Seasoned herbalists as well as those just beginning to explore the world of herbs will find something to start their own nontoxic, non-allergenic domestic revolution. The book includes: • A history of herbal lore • The herbalist's kitchen--equipment and procedures for harnessing the power of plants • Green cleaning products (from floor wax to stain removers) • Herbal pharmacy (from throat lozenges to hangover cures) • Nutritional supplements and detoxes • First aid (from anti-anxiety drops to bruise ointment) • For travel (insect repellant to anti-nausea drops) • Food and drink (breads, butters, wines, teas) • Beauty and balms (toothpaste to shampoo to lip balm) • Kitchen Pharmacy • Food & Drink • Beauty, Balms & Personal Care
This Organic Life
This Organic Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook This Organic Life write by Joan Dye Gussow. This book was released on 2001. This Organic Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this bestselling combination memoir, polemic, and gardening manual, Gussow discusses the joys and challenges of growing organic produce in her own New York garden. This work offers encouragement to urban and suburban gardeners who want to grow at least some of their own produce. 30 recipes.
Kitchen Medicine
Kitchen Medicine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kitchen Medicine write by Julie Bruton-Seal. This book was released on 2011-11-29. Kitchen Medicine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Kitchen Medicine the authors describe the wealth of healing and emergency remedies that sit unused and idle in the kitchen. Superb illustrations adorn a lively text. The ingredients are all easily found in the kitchen although in some cases they are exotic in origin (just think of tea, coffee and chocolate).
Herbal Homestead Journal
Herbal Homestead Journal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Herbal Homestead Journal write by Brittany Nickerson. This book was released on 2015-07-07. Herbal Homestead Journal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Herbs and self-care practices shift with the seasons and therefore offer a tremendous opportunity to learn from nature. Our bodies go through the same cycles as the earth, daily, monthly, and yearly. The herbal homestead is a place to practice this art of living that we have become so disconnected from and to consequently reconnect with the cycles around and within us. Connecting and reconnecting with these processes is empowering, enlivening, energizing, and it builds confidence and trust in yourself and your body. Confidence and trust are major markers of health, so this way of life can put us right on our path to health. Herbal homesteading is a call to connect with ourselves, with our own healthcare, and with nature and plants. This connection can make us feel at home— at home within ourselves, at home in nature, and at home in the spaces where we make medicine, heal, and connect with others. You can create an herbal homestead to any extent and be successful, you do not have to have land, a garden, a plethora of herbs, an education in herbal medicine. You can embrace this worldview one day or month at time, plant by plant, one act of self care to the next. You can create your herbal homestead from your urban apartment, you can learn about nature’s processes and the life cycle of plants from the weeds growing through the cracks in the sidewalk —all of these cycles are created equally.
