Handmade Medicines: Simple Recipes for Herbal Health

by Christopher Hobbs

In this valuable book, Christopher Hobbs discusses the best ways to obtain herbs, from growing them successfully in a garden to gathering them in the wild to purchasing viable products in a store. He then provides step-by-step instructions for making creams, salves, teas, tinctures, decoctions, and juices-remedies that treat a variety of common ailments. Finally, he helps readers plan their own herbal medicine chests.

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998