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Wildcraft: The science & spirit of wild plants as food and medicine
Wildcraft is a beautifully illustrated, comprehensive and practical guide to using wild plants as food and medicine.
It covers everything from the energetic/spirit qualities of the plants, to botanical identification, nutritional profiles, chemical constituents, folk medicine, how the plants are used, cautions and contraindication, and some of the most extensive research on the topic of wild plants as food and medicine to date.
Wildcraft gives you the ability to confidently identify wild, edible and medicinal plants out in the field. For the home gardener this opens up a whole new world of wonder and appreciation for the weeds in your garden, as well as wonderful new ways to use them as food and medicine.
This book provides practitioners of herbal medicine with a strong evidence base to justify the use of these plants in their practice as well as providing students and researchers with an evidenced based foundation on which to conduct further studies in this area.
It covers everything from the energetic/spirit qualities of the plants, to botanical identification, nutritional profiles, chemical constituents, folk medicine, how the plants are used, cautions and contraindication, and some of the most extensive research on the topic of wild plants as food and medicine to date.
Wildcraft gives you the ability to confidently identify wild, edible and medicinal plants out in the field. For the home gardener this opens up a whole new world of wonder and appreciation for the weeds in your garden, as well as wonderful new ways to use them as food and medicine.
This book provides practitioners of herbal medicine with a strong evidence base to justify the use of these plants in their practice as well as providing students and researchers with an evidenced based foundation on which to conduct further studies in this area.
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321 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 15, 2019
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March 15, 2026
Excellent resource for identifying and understanding the uses of our “weedy” ones in our gardens.
Easy to read and interesting.
Heidi also runs amazing workshops and I have found this insightful, interesting snd informative.
A must have on any Herbie or plant lovers bookshelf 💚💚💚
Easy to read and interesting.
Heidi also runs amazing workshops and I have found this insightful, interesting snd informative.
A must have on any Herbie or plant lovers bookshelf 💚💚💚
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November 16, 2021wonderful and informative book for Australian herbalists
June 28, 2022
I adore this book. It’s one of my favourites.
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