Healing With Herbs

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.