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" The medicinal gardening handbook : "
by Dede Cummings and Alyssa Holmes.
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BL
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854913
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Cummings, Dede.
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The medicinal gardening handbook : : a complete guide to growing, harvesting, and using healing herbs /\ by Dede Cummings and Alyssa Holmes.
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New York, NY :: Skyhorse Publishing,, [2014]
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pages cm
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162914195X
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: 9781629141954
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Includes index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Foreword / Barbara Fahs -- Introduction : why grow medicinal herbs in your backyard -- History of herbal medicine : plants uses as medicine throughout the ages -- Meet the plants : getting to know your herbal allies -- The 12 cultivated herbs -- The 12 wild herbs -- Cultivating the medicinal garden : design, location, choosing the herbs to grow, planting, and maintenance -- Implementing the medicinal herb garden -- Testing, soil types, and amending your soil -- Planting your garden -- Urban medicinal gardening : growing in small spaces, containers, windowsills, and on rooftops -- From harvest to storage : when to harvest, how to harvest, drying methods, and storage -- Simple herbal medicines & home remedies : how make teas (infusions and decoctions), syrups, tinctures, powders (capsules, pills and poultices), oils, salves, dream pillows, and baths -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Properties and actions of herbs -- Appendix 2. Additional herbal remedies -- Appendix 3. Freezing fresh herbs -- Appendix 4. Dosages -- Appendix 5. Collecting herbs in the wild -- Appendix 6. Cooking with herbs -- Recipes -- Appendix 7. The healing power of mushrooms -- A few edible and medicinal mushroom profiles.
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Features profiles and uses for cultivated herbs (astragalus, calendula, chamomile, comfrey, echinacea, elder, garlic, lemon balm, motherwort, peppermint, sage, valerian) and wild herbs (burdock, coltsfoot, dandelion, mullein, nettle, plantain, red clover, red raspberry, self-heal, St. John's wort, yarrow, yellow dock).
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Herbs-- Therapeutic use.
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Materia medica, Vegetable.
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Medicinal plants.
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Herbs-- Therapeutic use.
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Materia medica, Vegetable.
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Medicinal plants.
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615.3/21
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SB293.C86 2014
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Holmes, Alyssa.
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