The Bootstrap Guide to Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field & Marketplace - Softcover

Sturdivant, Lee; Blakley, Tim

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9780962163579: The Bootstrap Guide to Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field & Marketplace

Synopsis

Featuring a thorough discussion on the propagation, planting, cultivation, harvest, processing, and drying of 75 specific herbs now used in the medicinal herb market, this complete book also includes information on average market prices and herbal safety and product standardization. 35 line drawings.

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In this guide to growing and selling medicinal herbs, part 1 presents detailed information on growing medicinal herb blossoms, echinacea, ginseng, Chinese medicinal herbs, and mushrooms. The authors discuss "wildcrafting" (collecting herbs from the wild and from public land), the practice of medical herbalism, processing herbs into products, and regulations governing the herbs. Part 2 discusses the importance of growing herbs and what machinery and tools are needed to get started. Instructions are given on propagation, planting and cultivation, harvesting, processing, drying, and selling. There is an alphabetical list of 75 medicinal herbs, including bloodroot, catnip, dandelion, garlic, horehound, lavender, licorice, nettle, plantain, and Saint-John's-wort (which seems to be the accepted cure-all these days). The latest in the publisher's Bootstrap guides. George Cohen

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