This book belongs in every home where someone cooks, cleans, gardens, suffers aches & pains, has animals--in other words, everyone needs a copy !! I keep one at home and one at the office, and don't know what I would do without them

If you take time to read the beginning of this book, it will become exactly what the author intended an aid for the average person to take care of and heal him self, at home, with what he most likely allready has on hand.

This book is small, but it is PACKED with useful information.

This is only one of two herb books that were given places of honor in my personal library. I have been referring to this book for almost 10 years.

Page 5-147 Herbal Information.

Page 148-159 Herbs are listed by categories.

Page 162-163 Herbs are listed by mineral content.

Page 164-165 Herbs are listed by vitamin content.

Page 166-177 Herbs can be used in teas.

Page 178-188 Herbs for spices and flavoring.

Page 190-194 Herbs for Wines, cordials and whiskey.

Page 196-200 Herbs for Potpouri and sachets.

Page 212-222 Herbs can be used as dyes.

Page 224-227 Herbs for smoke mixtures.

Page 233-280 Color photos of herbs.

Extract the essential oils from plants

Prepare salves and ointments

Prepare tinctures

Prepare decoctions

Botanical mouth wash

Home made chewing gum

And MORE!

Please E-mail me if you have questions or comments. Two Bears.

Wah doh Ogedoda (We give thanks Great Spirit)

I was searching for a herb called Coryanthe Yohimbe, in this book. I had enough information to do a deep study. A natural viagra, this herb is explined in detail. Other herbs are also covered in detail. A very good book indeed. Thanks Amazon for stocking this book

This enigmatic little book is not too bad. Fully one-third of the book is devoted to a list of various plant & their extracts used in perfumery and what they smell like to the author. Some of his spellings for herb names are archaic. The other two-thirds consists of recipes for potpourri of various types, with four pages devoted to incense. All the information is presented in an anecdotal style, and is very general. Strangely, though the author/publisher lives in Glenwood, Illinois, all of the suppliers he lists but one are far away (New York, California, etc.) even though many suppliers exist much closer to his home, in Chicago and the surrounding area. However, there are some useful recipes in the book, and it is as informative as many more expensive books that devote way to much space to color pictures that add nothing to the information and serve only to increase the price of the book. A good book for the price. This would be a good book for a resourceful beginner, particularly one who doesn't want to invest a lot of money in an expensive coffee-table book that doesn't contain any more or better information.