Spydus Search Results - Subject: Materia medica, Vegetable (Keywords)

The garden apothecary : transform flowers, weeds and plants into healing remedies / Becky Cole.

The Garden Apothecary shows us how to harvest and use commonly found plants, weeds and herbs to create our own healing home apothecaries. With tasty recipes, wild skincare, in-depth plant spotlights and a back-to-roots ethos, The Garden Apothecary will encourage the reader to become more connected to the natural world through learning the art of herbalism from plants growing in our gardens. Focusing on 20 herbs and plants, learn how to identify, grow and pick them from your garden or forage them, as well as discovering their medicinal properties. Each plant and herb spotlight includes at least two recipes to create a tincture, oil, infusion, skin balms or other beauty bits. The Garden Apothecary is a safe and mindful approach to the often overwhelming world of foraging and herbalism.
Author: Cole, Becky
Published: London : Hardie Grant Books, 2022.
Published: ©20
176 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm.

Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - House and Garden - 635.7 COL - Onloan - Due: 14 Jun 2024 - 010517924

The Plant Clinic : healing with plant medicine / Erin Lovell Verinder ; photography by Georgia Blackie.

The Plant Clinic is a revolutionary new guide to reignite your health and transform your life. Expert herbalist Erin Lovell Verinder decodes healing with plant medicine to remedy over 150 common health complaints across: Vitality; Immunity; Detoxification; The Gut; Hormone Health; Mums and Bubs; Hair and Skin; Emotions, Mind and Spirit. Nettle and Oat Straw Infusion is essential to bring people back from burnout; Liver Loving Greens Powder is a wonder for detox support; Iron Lift Slow Brew Syrup is for everyone with low iron levels; and the Lovers' Oxymel is delicious, helpful and so different from other libido support. With over 150 recipes, including Lung Love Syrup, Zen Day Tea, The Breakout Salve, Eczema Cream, Kidney Tone Tea and Shifting Stagnancy Tea, this book is the definitive healing bible for modern day living. Sharing deep herbal wisdom along with the ultimate First Aid Kit for soothing bruises, aches and pains and much, much more, this is the book to make you glow.
Author: Verinder, Erin Lovell
Published: Port Melbourne, VIC : Thames & Hudson Australia, 2021.
Published: ©2021
311 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm.

Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing - 615.321 VER - Onloan - Due: 14 Jun 2024 - 010459507

The moon juice manual : adaptogenic recipes for natural stress relief / Amanda Chantal Bacon.

Discusses the way chronic stress impacts the mind and body and provides simple and delicious ways to incorporate adaptogens into daily life.
Author: Bacon, Amanda Chantal
Published: New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2021]
Published: ©2021
239 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm.

Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing - 615.321 BAC - Onloan - Due: 13 Jun 2024 - 010366737

Plants for the people : a modern guide to plant medicine / Erin Lovell Verinder.

An antidote to the frenetic pace of modern life, this book offers a beginner's guide to plant medicine as a source of self-care, vitality and wellness. Plants! People! We belong together! Plants are our past. Plants are our future. We are diminished if we can't celebrate plants, properly understand their powers and harness their energy to heal ourselves. Plants for the People is an exploration of the plant world through the eyes of a master herbalist, weaving ancient wisdom with a modern approach to plant medicine. This is a beginner's guide to using plants to restore vitality and a general sense of wellbeing, with recipes for easy-to-make teas, tinctures, syrups, balms and baths. Throughout there are golden tips and tonics for addressing common ailments such as bloating, bad skin, lack of energy, winter coughs and colds, jangling nerves and many other present-day complaints.An evolution of herbal-medicine books of the past, Plants for the People is a modern presentation of an ancient craft. This is plant medicine's time to shine.
Author: Verinder, Erin Lovell
Published: Port Melbourne, Victoria : Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd., 2020.
206 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm.

Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing - 615.321 VER - Available - 010202394

Essential oils for the whole body : the dynamics of topical application and absorption / Heather Dawn Godfrey.

A practical guide to the topical application of essential oils for physical and emotional health and healing. Provides in-depth profiles of 15 essential oils that form a safe and effective "tool kit" for treating a broad range of ailments and conditions. She examines the body's many absorption pathways, explaining how even the internal organs have odor receptors and how applying essential oils in different locations has specific influences on the body's systems.
Author: Godfrey, Heather Dawn
Published: Rochester, Vermont : Healing Arts Press, 2019
304 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing - 615.3219 GOD - Available - 010068143

Herbal remedies handbook : more than 140 plant profiles : remedies for over 50 common conditions / Andrew Chevallier.

Explore the health properties and practical uses of more than 140 medicinal herbs such as turmeric, elderflower and ginger root. Browse through the fully illustrated expert advice and know-how, including crucial safety and dosage information. Discover at-a-glance home remedies for more than 50 common conditions, including headaches, hay fever, and the symptoms of menopause.
Author: Chevallier, Andrew
Published: London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2018.
288 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm.

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing - 615.321 CHE - Available - 009805056

The health and beauty : botanical handbook / Pip Waller.

All-natural beauty meets kitchen pharmacy in this compendium of plant-powered health and beauty recipes. From making tinctures and tonics to syrups and creams, world-renowned herablists share over 350 recipes for pure well-being and holistic health. This comprehensive guide includes advice on growing and sourcing herbs, a herb dictionary as well as essential everyday techniques, providing you with all the tools you need to start your own green revolution.
Author: Waller, Pip
Published: London, U.K. : Leaping Hare Press, 2017.
Published: ©2015
191 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing - 615.321 WAL - Available - 010144205