Natural & Herbal Family Remedies: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-168
- ISBN13: 9780882667164
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Natural & Herbal Family Remedies: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-168
This is listed as a cookbook of sorts for natural and herbal family remedies. What it is, in actuality, is a somewhat rambling and disorganized spewing of all the remedies that the author can think of.
There are clear and detailed instructions for making poultices, creams, tinctures… in general, but very few recipes for making SPECIFIC poultices, creams, etc. Surprisingly, I found cooking recipes in this little flier. Bean soup, two kinds of broth, baby food etc. They weren’t even described as being remedies for anything in particular – just very healthy and therefore recommended to fill up space. There were recipes for teas that weren’t even supposed to do anything except taste good. Sometimes the recipes aren’t recipes at all – just tips. For example, find SOMEWHERE that you can order basil juice and apply it to itchy bug bites. Doesn’t tell you how to make your own, just to go buy it somewhere.
Finally, it would have been helpful if this book had contained an ingredient list of the several kinds of herbs that they recommend. There are only about 10 main herbs that are used most frequently in these recipes and it would have been helpful if the author had perhaps included where they could be found and instructions for growing them yourself. I can find lemon basil all by myself but comfrey root and leaves are a little hard to come by.
Rating: 2 / 5