Grow your own drugs
Subtitle: easy recipes for natural remedies and beauty fixes
By: James Wong
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Collins; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780007845484
Subjects: Medicinal plants; Vegetable Materia medica; Toilet preparations
Notes: Whether you're struggling with insomnia, the kids have eczema, or your partner is feeling under the weather, this book could have the answer. With easy recipes ethnobotanist James Wong shows how to make simple creams, salves, teas and much, much more from the stuff growing in your window box, the local garden centre or in the hedgerows. Using the flowers, fruit, roots, trees, vegetables and herbs that are all around us James provides preparations to help relieve a whole range of common conditions, including acne, anxiety, cold sores and general aches and pains - plus great ideas for beauty treats such as bath bombs and shampoos. Inspired by his grandmother in Malaysia who taught him about the health-giving properties of plants ...