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Making Plant Medicine – Richo Cech
Making Plant Medicine – Richo Cech
Product Type | Ebook |
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Format Type | 2 ebooks – epub, PDF |
Author | Richo Cech |
File Size | 526 MB |
Product details
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- Paperback: 276 pages
- Publisher: Horizon Herbs; 3 edition (February 28, 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0970031203
- ISBN-13: 978-0970031204
- Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
- Average Customer Review: 115 customer reviews
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank:#756,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1308 in Herbal Remedies (Books)
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Making Plant Medicine is about making herbal medicine. This is a modern medicine making book and formulary with its roots in original herbalism designed for every medicinal herb gardener to cultivate the full potential of the plant-human relationship. Richo Cech tells very good stories based on his experience as a global wanderer, herbalist and medicine maker. In the context of his lifelong love of gardening, he has procduced this long-awaited book that is original, amusing and absolutely useful.
Part 1: Medicine Making
* drying and processing herbs
* making tinctures the easy way
* the mathematics of tincturing and solubility factors
* basic formulas for fresh and dry tinctures, including dosages
* vinegar extracts, glycerites, herbal succi and syrups teas, decoctions, herbal oils, salves and creams poultices, compresses and soaks
Part 2: A Gardener’s Formulary
This section covers well over 100 herbs that are readily cultivated in North America. The listings include: conservation status, parts used, specific formulas, practical uses, dosages, contraindications and an overview of alternate species.
Since the beginning, the garden has been a haven of good values, both physical and spiritual. The act of gardening provides a balm for every wound. May your medicine be of the garden, and may it be of benefit to all.
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