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The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide

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The beloved best-selling classic for the modern herbalist—a definitive guide to 250 safe and effective herbal medicines, preparations, and single-herb remedies to make at home. This comprehensive, full-color guide offers detailed and easy-to-follow instructions for making and using approximately 250 all- natural DIY herbal medicines. With practical tips, in-depth preparation techniques, and an inside look at some of the authors’ own favorite formulas, The Modern Herbal Dispensatory walks beginners and advanced herbalists alike through: • The 12 major categories of herbs, from aromatic to sweet • Herbal preparations: the many ways to prepare and use herbs, from capsules and tinctures to standardized extracts and essential oils • Choosing the best dosage form for each category of herb • How to harvest, dry, and use fresh herbs • Extractions: terms, equipment, solvents, and calculations, plus how to extract herbs in water, alcohol, glycerin, and vinegar • Advanced techniques: like percolation extracts, fluid extracts, and soxhlet extracts • Preparations like oil-based extractions, topical applications, concentrates, lozenges, traditional Chinese methods, and more • Formulas and dosages: how to design herbal formulas and use herbs safely and effectively • Herbal insights and need-to-know wisdom, like why different preparations of the same herb affect the body differently; which herbs are medicinal when dry, but could be toxic when fresh; and why beginners typically see more potent results with formulations versus single-herb preparations The text includes multiple appendices, recommendations for further reading, in-depth full-color photo guides, and a helpful index. With advice on herbal preparations for 100+ illnesses and conditions and a comprehensive materia medica, The Modern Herbal Dispensatory is an enduring classic and beloved plant-medicine reference manual for herbalists, natural medicine practitioners, and anyone seeking safe, holistic, at-home care and inexpensive all-natural remedies. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ North Atlantic Books; Illustrated edition (November 29, 2016)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 376 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1623170796


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 90


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.58 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #3,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3 in Naturopathy Medicine #6 in Herbal Remedies (Books) #146 in Reference (Books)


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  • Coffee table book with purpose
This book is full of the information you need to learn herbal medicinal procedures. Its indepth enoguh and not to complicated. If you are starting out or just beginner this compilation is amazing. plus, the book is well made and the images are great quality.
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2024 by 💡 The Everyday Find 🔍

  • Good resource
There is alot of knowledge in this book. It is definitely a good resource to have on hand. Step by step instructions to show you how to make medicines, tinctures, balms, and even lists of suppliers! What is not to like??
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2024 by Lindsay

  • Fantastic resource, even for experienced herbalists
This book is in a very easy to digest format, giving clear information about HOW and WHY certain herbs should be used before even jumping into the herbal encyclopedia. I would have preferred a more in-depth analysis of each herb, but for what it is, it is incredibly thorough. I bought this book for its chapter having menstrum charts, showing which form of extraction (alcohol, vinegar, etc) was most suitable for each herb to pull out the beneficial compounds. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2024 by Anastasia K.

  • Extensive knowledge and easy action material in one.
I love the detailed description of each herb and how to use it. The book is easy to navigate and understand even for beginner herbalists like me. It's my absolute favourite.
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2024 by Maudyneo

  • Great find but needs an update
The good thing about this book is it’s obvious the authors have extensive hands on experience working with herbs. There’s a lot of tips and nuances that they offer which makes me really enjoy reading this book. There’s so much to learn. The book also includes a section on herbs and their properties including some that are difficult to find info on. The only thing is that the authors present a multitude of solvents for herbal extractions but they have a clear preference for alcohol extracts which I personally try to stear clear of or use as little as possible because of its dampening effects. And there’s a typos that I catch here and there throughout the book. For example, Pg 24 “For many herbs, [alcohol] tinctures are the preferred preparation. However, some people’s religious beliefs prohibit the use of water, and tinctures aren’t recommended for…” What they meant to write was “prohibit the use of alcohol” not water. And then some recipes were written in a confused manner. When suggesting X recipe to avoid the use of Y, the first step in the recipe indicates the use of Y which defeats the whole purpose of this method. Unless the use of Y is optional. I just think this book when and it’s if revised will be of better use. Otherwise this might not be good for extremely beginner herbalists who don’t have the experience to catch these errors and copy them in their own preparations. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2024 by Stephanie

  • At home medicine
I love this book, it shows you pictures of herbs ,roots tells you what ailments each one is for and how to make tinctures, oils, teas very useful book to have
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2024 by Tina Marie Norris

  • Great book!!
This book teaches you as well as gives you tons of recipes about all the different types of herbal uses. It’s amazing and I have learned so much from this book I highly recommend it. It’s very easy to read and understand, also it’s a good size 362 pages.
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024 by Karlie LeClaire Karlie LeClaire

  • Informative
Haven't read it all. But it's informative and was recommended for helping in getting started in doing your own research on natural healing.
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2024 by Barbara Studebaker

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