Modern Herbal - Softcover

Rose, Jeanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399513949 ISBN 13: 9780399513947

Publisher: Perigee Trade, 1987

Synopsis

Provides hundreds of practical uses for herbs in today's home, including first aid, cooking, health, athletic relief, gardening, and pet care

About this title

From Library Journal:

It's hard to imagine two more different herb books: one, a factual compendium from the organic gardening people (Rodale); the other, an anecdotal book with no real focus. The Rodale Encyclopedia lives up to its name by providing the history, uses, and cultivation of over 100 herbs, plus information on making teas, lotions, scents, and dyes. Other sections include herbs as houseplants, the history and botany of herbs, and a particularly valuable chapter on the dangers of herbs. The book is attractive and well illustrated. Recommended. Rose's book is somewhat entertaining, but it's permeated with her color and aroma therapy and other fringe biological concepts. She believes that "polyester in any fabric is an energy drain" and that eating green clay cures body odor. Her advice includes taking angelica to "balance the hormones and tonify the developing menstrual cycle." Fortunately, most of the book concerns using herbs for beauty, dieting, scents, and pets, or formulas to apply externally, and thus is relatively harmless. Skip it. Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perigee Trade
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0399513949
• ISBN 13: 9780399513947
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 224