Modern Herbal

<b>THE BEST GARDENING BOOKS OF THE YEAR - <i>GARDENS ILLUSTRATED</i></b><br><b><br>'Informative and enthusiastic'</b><i> i Paper</i><br><b><br>PLANT-BASED MEDICINE FOR A CALMER HEALTHIER LIFE</b> <p/> <i>It's easy to turn to the pharmacy when we're stressed sick or feeling under the weather but what if you turned to your garden instead?</i> <p/>In this <b>accessible and easy to use</b> manual horticultural expert former Gardener's World presenter and <i>Guardian </i>columnist Alys Fowler shows how to take control of your health by adopting a more natural lifestyle. <p/> For thousands of years people who had no access to clinical medicine knew how to boost their well-being by using the ingredients they found in plants. Herbs are the people's medicine; often freely available and abundant they are ready and waiting to be plucked from around you to soothe and heal your body and mind. <p/> With guides for <b>how to use and grow over 100 herbs</b> - for example how to use fennel for indigestion camomile for anxiety and nettle for hayfever - you'll soon be heading into the garden rather than opening the medicine cabinet. <p/> Offering a fusion of botanical practical cultural and historical information A Modern Herbal reveals how common herbs are <b>the simple cleansing way to better health and happiness.</b> <p/><b>'An important and accessible herbal for the 21st century . . . For anyone delving into herbs for the first time or those who want to broaden their herbal repertoire in the garden and home this book is much needed'</b> <i>Gardens Illustrated</i> <p/><b>AS SEEN IN THE <i>GUARDIAN</i><br></b>