Essentials for Health & Harmony S.
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This concise text offers practical guidance on the preparation and properties of flowers, and introduces the reader to their variety of uses such as in teas, tinctures and infused oils, as flower essences and essential oils. A comprehensive A to Z directory introduces the reader to the properties and uses of a broad range of healing flowers. Specific treatments are recommended for everyday complaints such as stress, anxiety, painful periods, headaches, depression, skin problems, respiratory ailments and insomnia.
This text aims to show the reader how to extract the healing properties from herbs; whether it is making an infusion of freshly picked ingredients for a refreshing herbal tea, or using the leaves to make a poultice to treat a strain. Step-by-step instructions detail how to make a compress, an infusion, a herbal tea, a poultice, a decoction and a tincture; all using fresh or dried herbs. There are recipes to treat a wide range of common ailments from bruises to bites, stings, burns, mouth ulcers, acne, cracked lips, insomnia, cuts and grazes.