AUSTRALIAN FLORA Alternative Medicine –

Many people in this modern age have lost touch with the simple home remedies that our forebears used to relieve themselves of various ailments. Chapters of this book include obtaining raw materials, using dried herbs, herbal extracts, herbal preparations and external preparations.

The ideal guide for herbal medicine students and others interested in making their own herbal medicines. This text provides clear instructions for making herbal medicines in the home or clinic as well as detailed information about industrial manufacturing processes. Recipes and instructions are provided for making everything from simple herbal teas to more complex preparations such as tablets, syrups, lotions, creams, pessaries, poultices and compresses. How to make alcohol-based fluid extracts that are commonly used by herbalists is also covered in detail.

• ii, 105 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. #090725 (Some highlighting in text)

• • Materia medica, Vegetable — Handbooks, manuals, etc