Kitchen Medicine

Product Descriptionour Kitchen Shelves Are Full Of Remedies For All Sorts Of Illnesses And Accidents. In Fact Most Domestic Accidents Occur In The Kitchen. But If The Home Has Hidden Dangers, It Also Contains Many Handy But Often Overlooked Ingredients For Treating Household Emergencies And Common Ailments, From Bee Stings And Cuts To Sore Throats And Chilblains.The Products For These Remedies Include Herbs And Spices, Fruit And Vegetables, Oils And Vinegars, And Many Other Familiar Items.In Kitchen Medicine The Authors Of The Successful Hedgerow Medicine Now Move Indoors To Describe The Wealth Of Healing And Emergency Remedies That Sit Unused And Idle In The Kitchen. Superb Illustrations Adorn A Lively Text.The Ailments And Illnesses That Kitchen Medicine Can Address Are Comprehensively Listed, Making Diagnosis And Cure Both Immediate And Easy.Reviewthis Is The Best Book IVe Seen On This Subject And I Just Want To Buy It For Everyone I Know! It Is A Great Resource, An Inspiration,A Thing Of Great Beauty And Healing. Everyone Should Have A Copy In Their Kitchens! --Glennie Kindred, Permaculture Magazinethe Book S Many Sumptuous, Full-Colour And Often Full-Page Photographs Give It A Stunning Visual Effect. The Book Is A Welcome, Up-To-Date Offering That Will Help Connect The Wider Public To Herbal/Plant Medicine. --The Herbalistwonderful Photographs, Historical Notes And Anecdotes, Illustrations, Including Recipes And A Quick Reference By Ailment, Combine To Produce A Practical And Beautiful Book. --The Landsmanabout The Authorjulie Bruton-Seal Is A Practising Naturopathic Herbalist, Cranio-Sacral Therapist And Iridologist. A Fellow Of The Association Of Master Herbalists, She Served On The Amh Council And Edited Its Magazine For Many Years. A Former Council Member Of The Herbal History Research Network, She Is Also A Member Of The Association Of Foragers. She Is A Jeweller, Photographer, Artist, Writer And A Graphic Designer.Matthew SealS First Recorded Proper Words (According To His Mother, Who WouldnT Exaggerate On Such A Matter) Were Meadowsweet, Uttered On A Nature Walk In The River Trent Marshes When He Was Nearly Three. Matthew Grew Up In A Family Of Gardeners And Botanists And, While Not Following His Kinfolk Into Professional Gardening Or Horticulture, He Has Never Forgotten This Early Greening. He Is The Co-Author Of Hedgerow Medicine, Wayside Medicine, Kitchen Medicine, The HerbalistS Bible And Make Your Own Aphrodisiacs. Four Of These Books Have Also Been Published In The Usa. He Has Worked As An Editor And Writer In Books, Magazines And Newspapers For Over Thirty-Five Years, In Both The Uk And South Africa. He Ran Over A Hundred Marathons And Ultra-Marathons While Living In South Africa And Is Author Of Survive And Thrive In The New South Africa (How To Books, 2000). In Addition To His Ongoing Freelance Editing, He Has Experience In Design And Production. He Was For Three Years Revise Sub-Editor Of Business Report, The Largest-Selling Business Daily In South Africa And He Is Currently Publications Director Of The Society For Editors And Proofreaders (Sfep).