Medicinal Plants (a botanical handbook)

Medicinal plants & home remedies from A to Z
Interesting for botanists, garden and plant enthusiasts. This beautifully illustrated book describes 277 medicinal plants that you can find in nature and in botanical gardens, but could also grow yourself. It contains 24 simple recipes for homemade teas, oils, tinctures and creams and shows how to grow, harvest and process these plants.

Following a 5000-year-old tradition, the British authors, experts from the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, describe current knowledge on this fascinating subject. Many of these are common species with unexpected properties, such as the willow (which produces aspirin) and the common periwinkle (which supports chemotherapy for certain types of cancer).

The authors are all experts in plant medicine, working at the British Kew Royal Botanical Gardens. Jason Irving gives workshops on foraging and preparing medicinal plants (www.foragewildfood.com)