Lucy Jones

Self-Sufficient Herbalism (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Growing, Gathering and Processing Herbs for Medicinal Use

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A masterclass in the wild crafting, growing, harvesting, drying, storage, and processing of medicinal herbs.

Self-Sufficient Herbalism is the first ever practical guide to the growing, gathering, and preserving of medicinal herbs for a working dispensary. Written by a practising herbalist with a high street clinic, it covers everything you need to know to become truly self sufficient.

Relying on only a small allotment and access to the fields and woodlands of rural England, Lucy Jones provides a masterclass in the wild crafting, growing, harvesting, drying, storage, and processing of medicinal herbs. Her passion for the plants and traditional ways of preserving them for medicine shines through as she explores the deeper implications of self-sufficiency and the transformative impact it has had on her practice.

The guide includes a glossary of detailed notes on the cultivation, harvesting, and processing of 108 individual herbs arranged by the seasons. It is a must read for practising herbalists, herbal students, herb gardeners, and all those who love herbs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Aeon Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781912807758
• Artikelnr.: 59454583

Autorenporträt

Lucy Jones is a medical herbalist with a busy high street practice in Somerset, UK. She grows or gathers the majority of the herbs that she works with and is a passionate proponent of self-sufficient herbalism. Prior to qualifying in western herbalism, she studied Tibetan Medicine with the great master Khenpo Troru Tsenam. This experience deeply influences her approach to therapeutic practice as well as the way that she grows and processes her herbs. She originally trained in Agriculture and Forestry and has two degrees from the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION PART ONE: WHY SELF
SUFFICIENCY?
Environmental benefits
Quality of plant medicines
connection with plants
Continuity of supply
Favourable business model PART TWO: HOW TO BE SELF
SUFFICIENT
Wildcrafting
Planning your herb garden
Cultivation and growing Harvesting
Drying
Storage
Processing
CONCLUSION
THE HERBAL HARVESTING YEAR Calendar for 108 herbs
Early spring
Mid
to late spring
Early summer
Mid
summer
Late summer
Autumn
Winter
END NOTE
Index of herbs