Description
Book SynopsisA seasonal exploration of the wonders of hedgerow medicine in the Summer.
The hedgerow in summer is a fascinating place, laden with a plethora of different herbs and wildflowers, many of which are loaded with medicinal values or can be eaten, or both.
Wild Medicine, Summer introduces you to a small range of some of the more commonly found, easy to identify plants that are available around most of the UK, Europe and parts of North America, as well as providing a selection of useful medicinal and edible recipes, most of which are easy to follow, simple to use and, in the case of the food recipes, delicious.
This book aims to encourage and engender a love of our native plants and their many uses, and hopes to encourage you to gather your own, make your own medicine, and perhaps even turn over a small part of your garden to growing some of these wild, native plants, so beloved of butterflies and bees, in this era when the wild places of the world are under threat.
Wild Medicine, Autumn and Winter (Aeon Books, 2019) and Wild Medicine, Spring (Aeon Books, 2020)
Table of ContentsABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
Summer
Introduction: foraging and medicine making
Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)
Black horehound (Ballota nigra / Marrubium nigrum)
Calendula (Calendula officinalis)
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Elder (Sambucus nigra)
Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Knapweed – Black /Greater (Centaurea nigra /Centaurea scabiosa)
Lady's mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris / Alchemilla mollis)
Lime / Linden (Tilia europaea
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Pellitory-of-the-wall (Parietaria diffusa)
Pineapple weed (Matricaria discoidea)
Red clover (Trifolium pratense)
Red poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion/ Epilobium angustifolium)
Self heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
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