Making Kitchen Medicines, A Practical Guide

by Ellen Evert Hopman

The wise healer should never be at a loss when it comes to helping themselves, their friends and family, or even a pet. Sometimes the simplest remedy will do wonders - for example, taking a hot bath will often ease the symptoms of a cold, especially if a little salt (about a cup) is added to the water.

In the past all people were taught basic herbal remedies so they could doctor themselves and their friends. By using natural remedies you will be helping to preserve an ancient art.

Filled with beautiful photographs, in this book you will find an assortment of natural remedies using easily available ingredients from the kitchen shelf. After you have mastered the use of these “home remedies” you may wish to progress to further study using medicinal plants from nature or from a local health food store (suggestions for further reading are given at the end of the book).

Reveiws of Making Kitchen Medicines:

“In this booklet, herbalist Ellen Evert Hopman shares a pantry full of kitchen magicks. Within these pages you'll discover how common foods and herbs from your own kitchen can be used to treat stomach upsets, ease joint pain, build up anemic blood, soothe a fever, and manage a number of everyday maladies. Hopman explains each use carefully and seasons her descriptions with sprinkles of timeless wisdom. Her work is a pleasure to read and will leave you anxious to scurry off to your own kitchen and start cooking!”

Susan Pesznecker, MA. teaches nature studies, herbalism, college writing, and literature. She is the author of Crafting Magick with Pen and Ink (Llewellyn, 2009).

“It was Hippocrates who said, ‘Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,’ but it is Ellen Evert Hopman who brings this idea home in a very practical way in this work. Here she provides us with a comprehensive guide to simple, time tested remedies that are already sitting in our kitchen cupboards, waiting to be utilized. The value of this little book transcends its size in that it provides a treasure trove of non-pharmaceutical and inexpensive alternatives to standard medical therapeutics in a focused and direct manner that makes it simple to use. A wonderful effort by a well regarded author in the field of Herbal Medicine.”

Kenneth Proefrock NMD, Naturopathic Physician

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41 pages, Nook

First published October 5, 2010

About the author

Ellen Evert Hopman is a Master Herbalist and lay Homeopath who holds an
M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling. She is a certified writing instructor
through Amherst Writers and Artists. She is Archdruid of Tribe of the Oak www.tribeoftheoak.com, a Druidic teaching Order, and was a former Co-chief
of the Whiteoak Druid Order (Ord na Darach Gile) and Vice President of
The Henge Of Keltria, an international Druid Fellowship, for nine years. She
is the founder of the Whiteoak internet mailing list, an on-line Druid ethics study
group, and a co-founder of The Order of the Whiteoak (Ord Na Darach Gile)
www.whiteoakdruids.org. She is also a co-founder of the North East Druid
Coalition

She is the author of a trilogy of Iron Age Druid novels; Priestess of the Forest: A Druid Journey, The Druid Isle and Priestess of the Fire Temple - a Druid's Tale.

Her books on trees include a revised and expanded new edition of Tree Medicine Tree Magic (Pendraig Publishing) and
A Druids Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine (Destiny books/Inner Traditions Bear
and Company)

Her other books include;
Secret Medicines from your Garden (Healing Arts Press), Secret Medicines of your Kitchen (mPower Publishing), The Sacred Herbs of Samhain (Destiny Books) The Sacred Herbs of Beltaine (Destiny Books), Scottish Herbs and Fairy Lore (Pendraig Publishing), A Legacy of Druids (Moon Books),
A Druid's Herbal For the Sacred Earth Year ( Inner Traditions/Destiny Books ),
Being a Pagan (with Lawrence Bond)(Inner Traditions/Destiny Books), Walking
The World In Wonder - A Children's Herbal (Healing Arts Press), she is a
co-author of Grimoire For The Apprentice Wizard (Newpage Books).

She has released the
video/DVDs Gifts From the Healing Earth and Pagans -the Wheel of the Year ( From
Sawmill River Productions, http://www.sawmillriver.com/ )

She has released three audio tapes The Druid Path: Herbs And Festivals,
Celtic Gods and Goddesses, and The Herbal And Magical Powers Of Trees (from
Creative Seminars, POB 203, West Hurley, New York 12491).

She has been a teacher of Herbalism since 1983 and of Druidism since 1990 . Find her books, workshops and blog at www.elleneverthopman.com