The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants: An A-Z of Healing Plants and Home Remedies

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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Jason Irving

The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants

An A-Z of Healing Plants and Home Remedies

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Jason Irving

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English

Frances Lincoln
29 March 2017

Traditional medicine & herbal remedies; Gardening

Series: Kew Experts

The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book, which combines 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 home cure is described and illustrated with step-by-step photographs to show how you can be a gardener and heal yourself.

By: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Jason Irving
Imprint: Frances Lincoln
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780711238107
ISBN 10: 0711238103
Series: Kew Experts
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 29 March 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jason Irving completed his BSc in herbal medicine at Kew, where he works in the Medicinal Plant Names Services. He is the nephew of famous forager Miles Irving and runs his own foraging courses and workshops on herbal medicine (www.foragewildfood.com). Kew Royal Botanic Gardens has built a global resource for medicinal plant names that enables health professionals and researchers to access information about plants and plant products relevant to pharmacological research, health regulation, traditional medicine and functional foods.