Good Living Guide to Natural and Herbal Remedies: Simple Salves, Teas, Tinctures, and More

This back-to-nature reference and herbal medicine making guide details effective herbal medicines and natural remedies for family health issues and first aid including stomach upsets, sore muscles, wound healing, teenage acne, allergic reactions, even herbs for arthritis. The body care section provides herbal recipes for skin care, (body oils, insect repellents and hair masks) and there are non toxic chemical free, home cleaning options and delicious food recipes which incorporate edible medicinal plants into ones diet.

Dive into the alchemy and art of herbal medicine preparations, receive safety tips, and perfect the techniques to create your own elixirs at home using the numerous recipes provided for tasty herbal infusions, tinctures, poultices, liniments, fomentations, herbal vinegars, salves, and herbal infused oils. Become familiar with using kitchen herbs and spices medicinally and learn how to prepare delicious herbal teas. Gain confidence and understand how to use plant medicine in your home in this valuable herbal medicine makers handbook. 

Featuring over 40 medicinal plants including detailed descriptions and recipes for the use of Turmeric, Lavender, Nettles, Heartsease, Sweet Violet, Self Heal, Juniper and Sage; common kitchen herbs and even vegetables and also some lesser known medicinal plants such as Watercress, Daisy and Sunflowers! 

This book is packed with herbal wisdom, traditional use, and just the right amount of science. Scattered throughout are reflections on how bodies heal, color photographs for plant identification and commentary on the natural world's role in facilitating healing through connection to spirit and building community. 

Author Katolen Yardley has more than twenty years of experience as a Medical Herbalist and teaches courses in herbal medicine and naturopathy. Here she offers a simple, straightforward, and beautiful guide to natural remedies that will help you take charge of your health using nature's own medicine.

"What a great book! It is full of little jewels and 'sound bites' of wisdom - both ancient and modern. Written from the experience of a Herbalist that has worked for many years in the trenches of clinical practice, while teaching enthusiastic students her skills and art. A must read for novices, with great formulas and programs for even experienced Herbalists. Well done Katolen." - Terry Willard ClH, PhD. Clinical Herbalist and author of 12 books including the Wild Rose Herbal Textbook series and Flower Essences: Emotional Alchemy and Spiritual Evolution.

".... how refreshing to find a book on herbal medicine that readily acknowledges the sacredness of herbal medicine and its connection to the Divine. As much as the 'science' behind the art of herbal medicine is both valid and necessary, too many authors focus on the former, and ignore the latter. Thankfully, Katolen also illustrates how many herbs have food-like qualities and their specific ability to provide foundational phyto-nutrients to help address the many ailments that our bodies are subject to today. A wonderful book - both for the lay person to whom it is addressed, as well as the practicing herbalist." - Richard DeSylva, RH, DNM (Registered Herbalist, Doctor of Natural Medicine), founder of THE HERB WORKS

This book was inspired by the urgent need to recognize the value of mother earth and the plants which she grows- both serving as our foods and also our medicines. We reach for what is familiar! That which we use daily -those very habits which we see our family repeating daily, is what we will likely repeat as adults; routines which we likely will pass along to our next generation. It is essential to remember the importance of clean soil, clean air and the accessibility of healing plants, both as our foods and as our medicines. This book is a small tool for the remembering of the value of our plants and how to apply herbs as medicines for common first aid. Contained inside are herbal medicine recipes for common health issues and non toxic, chemical free body care as well as instructions for preparing your own herbal medicines at home. Are you interested in using herbal medicine at home - then this herbal medicine makers handbook is a useful guide for making herbal teas, herbal salves, massage oils and liniments and other plant based recipes using herbs and spices, and local medicinal plants.

Katolen Yardley is a Medical Herbalist and a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. Since 1998, she has appeared monthly on Global Television Morning News, where she offers herbal information to the public. Katolen has been a guest on the Discovery Channel s Healthy Home Show and lectures internationally. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where she has a private practice and teaches herbal medicine at numerous schools and colleges.