A gorgeous book all about dahlia flowers. Dahlias are a tuberous flower native to Mexico and Central America, and the dahlia flower is actually the national flower of Mexico since 1963. If you are looking for a good book that specifically details this special flower, …
Herbarium: The Quest to Preserve and Classify the World’s Plants by Barbara M. Thiers is a great book on the history of herbaria with color plates mixed in the pages. It was fascinating to read how old explorations for commerce and nature expeditions resulted in …
Medicinal Herbs for Family Health and Wellness: 123 Trusted Recipes for Common Concerns, From Allergies & Asthma to Sunburns & Toothaches by JJ Pursell is a great reference for keeping the family healthy using herbal medicine. The same author wrote Medicinal Herbs for Immune Defense.
The book is laid out much the same as the immune defense book with a thorough layout of the types of preparations in the beginning of the book along with dosages for adults. There is a section at the back dedicated to babies and children. In the middle of the book is all the info you need of the medicinal herbs used in the book, as well as the recipes.
These recipes are less preventative, and more useful for things that are happening now and what you can apply to remedy it, such as a kitchen burn, a bug bite or insomnia.
I think my favorite section was the “Bad Dreams & Scary Things” section, providing recipes for a soothing Monster-Rid Sachet and a No-Monsters-Allowed Spray. Her monster-away spray suggested using relaxing oils, which is such a wonderful idea after an upsetting day. Loved that section.
Overall, another great book on herbal medicine by this author for anyone interested, beginners or advanced, in preparing herbal wellness preparations at home.
Below are two recipes adapted from this book.
Put the herbs in a glass baking dish and cover with olive oil making sure it covers all by 1 to 2 inches. Bake at 170 degrees for 4 hours. Cool, then strain through a fine mesh.
Disclosure: This book was provided by the publisher and any opinions are my own. Any affiliate links help support this site. Thanks 🙂
Grow Bag Gardening is everything related to grow bag gardening! This was something new to me and I actually had no idea how useful this type of gardening could be. What is Grow Bag Gardening? Wikipedia gives a very basic definition of what it is: …
The Self-Sufficiency Bible is a wonderful reference for anyone wanting to survive on their own, and for those who just want to know how to do basic stuff on a small homestead. Book Contents The book contains 12 chapters on everything you need to know: …
