Culinary recipes, medicinal preparations, cosmetic uses, and aromatherapies of 33 common herbal plants.
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Fischer-Rizzi lives in the German Alps and includes many stories of European, especially German, folklore and religious myths as well as pertinent excerpts from literary prose and poetry in what is decidedly not the usual herbal remedy book. After a preface conveying her general attitude toward plants and their growth and use, she considers 33 herbs at length. Each plant appears in several detailed and clear illustrations that accompany its common and scientific names, its botanical description and history, and some anecdotes about it. Practical information on cultivation, healing properties, and culinary, veterinary, and cosmetic uses as well as some recipes and a table of botanical characteristics round out each entry. Warnings are provided wherever necessary. References and an illustrated glossary conclude this attractive addition to herbal literature. William Beatty
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Any interested in herbal remedies should make this a part of the home or public library: legends, recipes, and cultivating of healing plants is surveyed in an excellent all-around guide. Plenty examine herbal history and myth: too few follow up on the basics of locating and using the herbs in practical remedies. This fits the bill. -- Midwest Book Review
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This review is from: Medicine of the Earth: Legends, Recipes, Remedies, and Cultivation of Healing Plants (Paperback)
Very disappointed to get an OLD LIBRARY BOOK. Yuk! It got rave review in Herb Companion magazine but doesn't have much to offer in content.
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