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The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants

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The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants Synopsis

This beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book is a complete guide to the growing and use of medicinal plants, combining exquisite botanical illustrations with practical self-help projects.

Every day sees a discovery in the press about the new uses of plants, and it's certain that most of our most important drugs are derived from plants. From willow (used to procure aspirin) to periwinkle (used in chemotherapy to treat lymphoma) many common garden plants have provided cures in modern medicine.

In this book readers can discover more than 200 life-saving plants and 25 home-grown remedies to make themselves. Each plant is catalogued and the traditional and modern uses are detailed, alongside a beautiful botanical illustration. Each home cure is described and illustrated with step-by-step photographs to show how you can be a gardener and heal yourself.

Recipes include:

  • Dried lemon balm, 
  • Passionflower sleep tea, 
  • Plantain balm, 
  • Rosehip syrup,  
  • Rosemary infused oil, 
  • Elderberry vinegar, 
  • Chickweed cream, 
  • Comfrey ointment, 
  • Nettle soup, 
  • Dried valerian root.

The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants is part of the Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing series and is accompanied by Growing Herbs, Growing House Plants, Growing Vegetables, Growing Orchids and Growing Fruit. 

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780711238107
Publication date: 2nd February 2017
Author: Monique S J Simmonds, MelanieJayne Howes, Jason Irving
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited Publishers an imprint of Frances Lincoln
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 224 pages
Series: Kew Experts
Genres: Traditional medicine and herbal remedies
Natural and wild gardening
Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest