100 Plants That Heal

Discover how to use common medicinal plants and natural beauty products for healing and self-care with this sumptuously illustrated guide. Dig up the fascinating history of these plants, their active components and therapeutic properties, and learn how to prepare safe herbal remedies including infusions, tinctures, oils and lotions. This journey into plant-based wellbeing is guided by a respected ethnobotanist and doctor of phytotherapy, meaning you can grow your knowledge of this natural science with complete confidence. Ordered alphabetically, the guide covers a huge range of common plants, including almond, blackcurrant, borage, caraway, chard, chicory, dandelion, fig, hazel, ivy, juniper, nettle, poppy, cornflower, cowslip, oak, walnut, eucalyptus, fennel, flax, nasturtium, heather, horse-chestnut, jasmine, lavender, leek, mint, oregano, pomegranate, raspberry, rosemary, St. John's-wort, watercress, thyme and yarrow. You'll find suggested treatments for nausea, coughs, colds and flu, acne, burns, bites and sprains, as well as ideas for pain relief, skincare and aids for digestion, stress, sleep and more. At the end of the book, you'll find a small practical guide for budding herbalists, featuring useful tips for picking and preserving plants while being an environmentally responsible picker, ensuring you always show respect to nature and its "magical" healing powers. The healing properties referenced for each plant are fully explained and there's a glossary of botanical terms to ensure that everything is clear for complete beginners. This magnificent book will satisfy all your curiosities about healing plants and become your essential companion to herbal medicines and natural beauty products.

Auteur

François Couplan is an ethnobotanist and specialist of the traditional uses of wild and cultivated plants.

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Discover 100 common medicinal plants and how to use them for healing and self-care with this sumptuously illustrated guide.
Thanks to exceptional photographic plates showing detailed views of all parts of the fresh plant, you will quickly learn to recognise them when out foraging. For any plant lover or green witch, the beautiful photographs make this book an absolute treasure.
Discover the fascinating history of these plants, their active components and therapeutic properties, and learn how to prepare safe herbal remedies including infusions, tinctures, oils and lotions. This journey into plant-based wellbeing is guided by a respected ethnobotanist and doctor of phytotherapy, meaning you can grow your knowledge of this natural science with complete confidence.
The plants are ordered alphabetically, and each species has its own dedicated page packed with information. The guide covers a huge range of common plants, including almond, blackcurrant, borage, caraway, chard, chicory, dandelion, fig, hazel, ivy, juniper, nettle, poppy, cornflower, cowslip, oak, walnut, eucalyptus, fennel, flax, nasturtium, heather, horse-chestnut, jasmine, lavender, leek, mint, oregano, pomegranate, raspberry, rosemary, St. John's-wort, watercress, thyme and yarrow.
At the end of the book, you'll find a small practical guide for budding herbalists, featuring useful tips for picking and preserving plants while being an environmentally responsible picker, ensuring you always show respect to nature and its 'magical' healing powers. The healing properties referenced for each plant are fully explained and there's a glossary of botanical terms to ensure that everything is clear for complete beginners.
Use the two handy indexes at the end of the book to search for plants by health benefit or by name, making it quick and easy to find the perfect remedy for any ailment, condition or illness. You'll find suggested treatments for nausea, coughs, colds and flu, acne, burns, bites and sprains, as well as ideas for pain relief, skincare and aids for digestion, stress, sleep and more.
This magnificent book will satisfy all your curiosities about healing plants and become your essential companion to herbal medicines and natural beauty products.

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Almond 6 Arnica 8 Bay Laurel 10 Bearberry 12 Bilberry 14 Black Elder 16 Black Horehound 18 Black Poplar 20 Blackcurrant 22 Blackseed 24 Blackthorn 26 Bogbean 28 Borage 30 Butcher's Broom 32 Caraway 34 Carob 36 Chard 38 Chaste Tree 40 Chicory 42 Colt's-foot 44 Comfrey 46 Common Agrimony 48 Common Centaury 50 Common Dandelion 52 Common Fig 54 Common Grape Vine 56 Common Hazel 58 Common Hop 60 Common Ivy 62 Common Juniper 64 Common Kidney Vetch 66 Common Lady's-mantle 68 Common Mallow 70 Common Nettle 72 Common Poppy 74 Cornflower 76 Cowslip 78 Dog Rose 80 English Oak 82 English Walnut 84 Eucalyptus 86 Fennel 88 Flax 90 Fumitory 92 Garden Nasturtium 94 Garden Thyme 96 Gentian 98 Germander 100 Glandular Plantain 102 Great Mullein 104 Greater Celandine 106 Heather 108 Hemp Agrimony 110 Herb Robert 112 Hogweed 114 Horse-chestnut 116 Hyssop 118 Immortelle 120 Jasmine 122 Lavender 124 Leek 126 Lemon Balm 128 Lesser Celandine 130 Lime (Linden) 132 Meadowsweet 134 Mint 136 Mouse-ear-hawkweed 138 Mugwort 140 Myrtle 142 Oat 144 Olive 146 Oregano 148 Pasqueflower 150 Pomegranate 152 Purple Loosestrife 154 Raspberry 156 Rest-harrow 158 Ribbed Melilot 160 Rosemary 162 Round-leaved Sundew 164 St. John's-wort 166 Scots Pine 168 Shepherd's Purse 170 Silver Birch 172 Silverweed 174 Soapwort 176 Strawberry Tree 178 Sweet Chestnut 180 Verbena 182 Watercress 184 White Deadnettle 186 White Horehound 188 Wild Carrot 190 Wild Cherry 192 Wild Strawberry 194 Wild Thyme 196 Winter Savory 198 Wood Avens 200 Wormwood 202 Yarrow 204