Healing with Herbs (Essentials for Health & Harmony S.) - Tapa dura

This text aims to show the reader how to extract the healing properties from herbs; whether it is making an infusion of freshly picked ingredients for a refreshing herbal tea, or using the leaves to make a poultice to treat a strain. Step-by-step instructions detail how to make a compress, an infusion, a herbal tea, a poultice, a decoction and a tincture; all using fresh or dried herbs. There are recipes to treat a wide range of common ailments from bruises to bites, stings, burns, mouth ulcers, acne, cracked lips, insomnia, cuts and grazes.

Jessica Houdret has a passion for herbs. She grew herbs commercially for ten years and ran workshops on their many uses. She was on the council of the British Herb Trade Association for several years, and has served as the Administrator. She also served on the council of the Herb Society.