Herbal Medicine, Detox and Aromatherapy–gift books! More to choose from in my 2016 list of gift books [Read more…]
Healing from Plants
10 Attributes of a Great Cookbook
Kitchen magic begins as an image of taste.
I think there is a series of 10 attributes that go into a well-designed recipe book, or “cook- or uncook-book”. I’m inspired to describe why I would be partial to one cookbook and not another by the experience of examining and reading a wide variety of cookbooks for vegan or vegetarian food.
See rating a cookbook for omnivore, vegetarian or vegan meals, here.
I asked, “What makes a cookbook great?” [Read more…]
Languages of the Plant Universe
The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth. / Stephen Harrod Buhner. Published by Chelsea Green Publishing, 2002. 325 pages, Notes, Bibliography and Index. [Read more…]
Ginger, Spice and Plant Medicine
What’s Hot about Ginger?
A very short, select list is given below for herbal medicines from Ayurvedic Herbs A Clinical Guide to the Healing Plants of Traditional Herbal Medicine, M.S. Premila, 2006. The list references Common to Botanical names and shows uses in the text, pages 343-345, and supported by citations to clinical studies. Uses of these herbs are shared by other sources, such as The Yoga of Herbs, Vasant Lad, 1996. [Read more…]
Ayurveda: Ginger and Garlic
Terms used in the blog, “Yoga, Ginger and Garlic” are explained below. Source and quotations from the book, The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine by David Frawley and Vasant Lad, 1986, unless otherwise indicated. [Read more…]
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