Organised by the head with the brains, nerves and eyes, the chest with the heart and lungs, abdomen with liver, kidneys, the pelvis and the skeleton, plants have been used for centuries for their healing powers to both positive and deadly effect. 'Fresh as a daisy' ties to the fact that the flowers close up at night. St John's Wort is named after St John the Baptist and its yellow flowers secrete a blood-like oil, and Belladonna has long held a place in the popular imagination as the poison of choice. With one page per entry and one full page colour line artwork opposite, this 176 page glamorous handbook covers ancient cures and modern maladies. Inspiring, delighting and surprising, the book offers the curious and inspiring stories of plants that have historically being used to heal and of their reappearances in modern medicine cabinets. The book imagines a physick garden of healing plants: can comfrey really be used to heal broken bones? Can St John's Wort scare away more than bad spirits? Horsetail, wild celery, raspberry leaf, milk thistle, Angelica, motherwort, South African geranium, marshmallow, mistletoe, sage, fennel, chrysanthemum, Juniper, goldenrod, dandelion, ginger, calendula, nettle, aloe vera, corn silk, cranberry, bilberry and many more. Colour artwork illustrations. 176 pages.
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