" Hidden in our gardens within humble fruits, vegetables and herbs are many life-enhancing ingredients. With interest in DIY experiencing a revival, we thought it time to assist you in tapping into this natural healing resource through the art of creating your own remedies. A natural expansion on growing food and self-sufficiency, it encompasses philosophies of interest to many of us today: natural health, thrift, homesteading, DIY, organic and friendly for the environment. Making our own hand-made products also fulfills our desire to be proactive and frugal in uncertain times. There's great joy in finding positivity and resilience in the small things we're able to do for ourselves. This bookazine is published by Universal Media Co - The Bookazine Specialist. Printed on high-quality paper, and featuring a beautiful design with accompanying imagery, bookazines are an informative and entertaining deep-dive into a complete topic. Universal Media Co's 53 magazine brands include leaders in Home, Craft, Bike, and some Lifestyle categories. The company owns the Australian Publishing Company and Universal Online Media. Universal Media Co is an independently owned private company. Additional Information Year Published: 2022 Size: 230mm x 297mm Pages: 160 Material: Made from premium quality paper "
Dear friends,
The benefits of cultivating healing plants
Nature’s treasure chest • Hidden in our gardens is a treasure chest of remedies waiting to be explored.
The healing power of plants • Humans have been using plants to treat their ailments for thousands of years – most likely since the human race began.
Common healing ingredients in plants • Plants manufacture many compounds of benefit to human health and healing.
Medicinal gardens through the ages • The earliest pharmacies were gardens.
Glossary of terms • Here’s where to come for all those tricky techie and trade terms like maceration and decoction.
Planning setting up and getting started
Planning your healing garden
Landscaping with medicinal plants
Setting up a drying space • You don’t need a humungous space to dry a few plants for your own home use.
Supplies & equipment • The following tools of the trade will help you set up your own kitchen apothecary lab at home.
Harvesting your bounties
How to harvest your plant materials
Drying plant materials • The goal of drying is to extend the shelf life of the plant by reducing its moisture content while preserving as much colour, scent, taste and healthgiving constituents as possible. Ideally, the moisture content of the plant should be reduced to about 10 per cent.
Harvesting & drying specific plant parts
Roots and rhizomes
harvesting your bounties
Drying troubleshooting guide
Labelling and Storage
harvesting your bounties
Create your own concoctions
Make your own easy Water extracts • Teas use heat and water to extract plant chemicals and flavours. There are two main ways of making water extracts: infusing in hot water (a tea) and boiling in hot water (a decoction).
Decoctions
Make your own easy Plant tinctures • Here’s how to create your own healing plant tinctures using the simple, time-tested ‘folk method’.
Recipe Vinegar tincture
Make your own easy Medicinal wines • Among the oldest of medicinal preparations, therapeutic wines are a union of culture, the pleasures of wine-drinking, and the benefits of God’s pharmacy.
Make your own easy Succus and Juices • The purest form of plant medicine, a succi is simply the medicinal juice of a herb. More generally, fresh, raw and organic juices straight from your garden are some of the most healing and fortifying substances on earth.
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