Backyard Medicine

With this "wonderful book all herbalists need," you can learn to make your own teas, tinctures, poultices, and more (David Hoffmann, BSc FNIMH).

Modern medicine is truly a blessing. Advances are made with astonishing speed every day, using both science and technology to make our lives longer and healthier. But if the era of modern medicine began less than two hundred years ago, how did people treat sickness and poor health before then? This book holds the answer.

Researched and written by a practicing medical herbalist and natural healer, Backyard Medicine is the basis for a veritable natural pharmacy that anyone can create. Featuring over 120 easily made herbal home remedies and fully illustrated with nearly three hundred color photographs, this book offers fascinating insights into the literary, historic, and global applications of fifty common wild plants and herbs that can be used in medicines.

Anyone who wants to improve his or her health in a completely natural way will find this book to be an absolute must-have for their home—and garden.