The Herb Book: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to More Than 500 Herbs
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The complete and authoritative guide to more than 500 herbs.
The most complete reference catalog of nature’s herbs ever published…. More >>
The Herb Book: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to More Than 500 Herbs
I bought this book when I was 12 at a library sale for 25 cents. Since then, I’ve spent quite a bit more on herb books, but this is still the best of my collection! It’s a fantasic reference book because you can look up herbs by common name, scientific name, and even by what ailments they treat. It doesn’t contain much New Age spiritual information, which suits my scientific mind just fine. The author presents very logical arguments for making your own medicine/cosmetics/spices, whether purchased, home-grown, or wild-gathered. Just like other reviewers have stated, this is my number one resource on herbs, even with the development of the internet and google.
I have been working with herbs for fifteen years now, and this book has been invaluable through all of them. It includes medicinal and cosmetic uses of almost any herb you can think of, as well as traditional uses and some background. I’ve introduced several herbalist friends to it, and they now refuse to be without it. If you get only one book on herbs, make it this one.
I have been using my copy for thirty years now– pages are yellowed and crunchy and glue is crackling. The descriptions and origins are great. Line drawings instead of water colors. So much info packed into one volume– plant taxonomy, uses, recipes, tables galore, multiple indices, myths, legends. I teach herbal classes and this is always the first book I recommend!
This is the book by which I learned the bulk of my herbal knowledge – Knowledge of plants, their medicinal uses and how to harvest , process and store them. Excellent for beginners or seasoned herbalists alike, it is intelligently written, yet simple to understand. It is written in plain language, yet introduces readers to a wealth of medical terminology. After nearly 15 years of using this book, it is still the one I bring with me when I go out into the greenhouse, garden or woods.
This book has got TONS of info on plants and how to identify them, gathering, storying, drying, planting how to make infusions, herbal mixtures and formulas, dyes its got pretty much everything. Furthermore the only thing that it needs because the pics are drawn and in black and white is a herb encyclopedia with color pictures. great book, great buy. they should make a updated and expanded version.