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100 1 Gladstar, Rosemary,|eauthor
245 10 Rosemary Gladstar's medicinal herbs :|ba beginner's guide.
246 30 Medicinal herbs
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520 Craft a soothing aloe lotion after an encounter with
poison ivy, make a dandelion-burdock tincture to fix
sluggish digestion, and brew up some lavender-lemon balm
tea to ease a stressful day. In this introductory guide,
Rosemary Gladstar shows you how easy it can be to make
your own herbal remedies for life's common ailments.
Gladstar profiles 33 common healing plants and includes
advice on growing, harvesting, preparing, and using herbs
in healing tinctures, oils, and creams. Stock your
medicine cabinet full of all-natural, low-cost herbal
preparations. With this bestselling book by Rosemary
Gladstar, the godmother of modern herbalism, learn how to
grow, harvest, prepare, and use the 33 most common and
versatile healing plants. Everyone will love this guide to
inexpensive and natural home-healing! Rosemary Gladstar
is the best-selling author of Rosemary Gladstar's
Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide and Rosemary
Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health, which draw
on her 40-plus years of experiences studying and teaching
about the healing properties of herbs. She is a world-
renowned educator, activist, and entrepreneur, and the
founding director of Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center,
the International Herb Symposium, and the New England
Women's Herbal Conference. Gladstar is founding president
of United Plant Savers, a nonprofit organization dedicated
to the conservation and preservation of native American
herbs. She was the original formulator for Traditional
Medicinal herbal teas and has led herbal educational
adventures around the world. She is the recipient of an
honorary doctorate from the National University of Natural
Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and serves on the board of
the Association for the Advancement of Restorative
Medicine and The National Health Freedom Coalition. She
lives in Vermont. Infusions and Decoctions When
making tea, leaves and flowers are prepared differently
from roots and bark, in much the same way that spinach is
cooked differently from potatoes. Leaves and flowers are
generally steeped in hot water so as not to overcook and
destroy the enzymes, vitamins, and precious essential
oils. Roots and bark are generally simmered to draw forth
the more tenacious plant constituents. There are a few
exceptions to these rules, which you'll generally find
noted in herb books, including this one. But honestly, if
you make a mistake and simmer a root that should have been
steamed, don't panic. Your remedy will still work. The
process of steeping a plant in boiling water is called
infusion, while the process of simmering a plant in
lightly boiling water is called decoction. When in doubt,
steep. Steeping is much less destructive to many of the
important medicinal components of plants. The longer you
steep the herbs, the stronger the tea. That's not always
preferable, as long steeping times can bring out some of
the less desirable parts of the plant. Steep black tea too
long and what happens? It goes from being a fragrant,
aromatic beverage to an astringent-tasting, tannin-rich
medicinal tea. A medicinal tea blend, whether an infusion
or a decoction, is defined by its strength and potency.
For medicinal purposes, teas need to be fairly strong, and
so you'll use a relatively large amount of herbs in making
them. How to Make a Medicinal INFUSION Infusions are
made from the more delicate parts of the plant, such as
the leaves, flowers, buds, some berries and seeds, and
other aromatic plant parts. Highly aromatic roots such as
valerian, ginger, and goldenseal are often steeped rather
than decocted, though I find they are effective either
way. After, add the spent herbs to your compost. Here are
the basic steps. Instructions - Put 4 to 6 tablespoons
of dried herb (or 6 to 8 tablespoons of fresh herb) into a
glass quart jar. - Pour boiling water...
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650 0 Herbs|xTherapeutic use.
650 0 Materia medica, Vegetable.
650 0 Electronic books.
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