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Herbal Remedy Gardens: 38 Plans for Your Health & Well-Being

by Dorie Byers

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ISBN13: 9781580170956
ISBN10: 1580170951
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Enhance your health naturally with herbs from your own garden.

Even if you've never gardened before, you can care for yourself and your family using time-tested herbal remedies harvested from your own medicinal herb garden.

Master Gardener Dorie Byers offers simple growing instructions for more than 20 versatile medicinal herbs such as garlic, chamomile, and echinacea. You'll also find recipes and tips for using the herbs for first-aid and preventive health care.

Customize a garden to suit your space and your specific health needs with more than 35 illustrated plans for easy-to-maintain container and backyard gardens including:

-- Cold and Flu Garden

-- Decongestant Garden

-- Headache Relief Garden

-- Healthy Heart Garden

-- Woman's Care Garden

-- Rejuvenation Garden

Synopsis:

Using simple organic gardening techniques, anyone can grow a healing garden of more than 20 medicinal herbs like garlic, dill, peppermint, and echinacea. Readers will also find recipes, tips for using medicinal herbs, and plans for gardens customized for specific health requirements.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. An Introduction to Growing Medicinal Herbs

2. Using Herbs as Medicine

3. Herbs to Know and Appreciate

4. Planning Your Medicinal Herb Garden

5. Designing a Garden for Your Special Needs

6. Starting and Nurturing Your Plants

7. Garden Maintenance

8. Controlling Pests and Diseases

9. Harvesting and Storing Your Herbs

10. Gathering the Wild Things

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ISBN:
9781580170956
Subtitle:
38 Plans for Your Health & Well-Being
Author:
Byers, Dorie
Publisher:
Storey Publishing
Location:
Pownal, Vt. :
Subject:
Herbs
Subject:
Herbal Medications
Subject:
Herb gardening
Subject:
Herbs -- Therapeutic use.
Subject:
HEALTH and FITNESS / Herbal Medications
Edition Description:
Paperback
Publication Date:
January 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
7.94x8.10x.54 in. .94 lbs.

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