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The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants An A-Z of Healing Plants and Home Remedies

Handbook / Manual
Series: Kew Experts
By: Monique Simmonds(Author), Melanie-Jayne R Howes(Author), Jason Irving(Author)
224 pages, colour photos, colour illustrations
The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants
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The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book, which combines exquisite botanical illustrations with practical self-help projects. Every day sees a discovery in the press about the new uses of plants, and it's certain that most of our most important drugs are derived from plants. From willow (used to procure aspirin) to periwinkle (used in chemotherapy to treat lymphoma) many common garden plants have provided cures in modern medicine. In The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants readers can discover more than 200 life-saving plants and 25 home-grown remedies to make themselves. Each home cure is described and illustrated with step-by-step photographs to show how you can be a gardener and heal yourself.

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Jason Irving is a writer, forager and qualified herbalist. He works at Kew Gardens on the Medicinal Plant Names Services project, developing and promoting a global resource for plant names. His passion for plants was sparked during the two years he spent working for the UK's leading supplier of wild foods, Forager Ltd. Over the last five years Jason has taught hundreds of people how to find, identify and use wild plants on his popular foraging and herbal medicine courses in London. His essay on the history of cocktail bitters was included in the book Kew's Teas, Tonics and Tipples and he was botanical consultant for the book Edible City by John Rensten. Kew Royal Botanic Gardens has built a global resource for medicinal plant names that enables health professionals and researchers to access information about plants and plant products relevant to pharmacological research, health regulation, traditional medicine and functional foods.

Handbook / Manual
Series: Kew Experts
By: Monique Simmonds(Author), Melanie-Jayne R Howes(Author), Jason Irving(Author)
224 pages, colour photos, colour illustrations
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