Required reading for pepes wanting to establish a library:
Culpeper's Complete herbal. -This book has lots of temperate garden herbs in it, with detailed descriptions of how to prepare medicines. First Aid Garden Essentials IMO are Feverfew; Willow; Chamomile - for fevers. Calendula for heart; Comfrey and Tobacco, for injuries.
The Barefoot Doctor's guide. - This book has an extremely interesting section on pressure points - accupuncture. The real gift is to learn about the nerves, and ways to deal with pain. The herbs described are Chinese, and may be difiicult to source, unless one has access to a Chinatown.
Spiritual Midwifery - this book is written by a survivalist group of families who did not agree with the mechinized baby factory farming that is the maternity hospitals and associated medicalized systems.
Required reading for pepes wanting to establish a library:
Culpeper's Complete herbal. -This book has lots of temperate garden herbs in it, with detailed descriptions of how to prepare medicines. First Aid Garden Essentials IMO are Feverfew; Willow; Chamomile - for fevers. Calendula for heart; Comfrey and Tobacco, for injuries.
The Barefoot Doctor's guide. - This book has an extremely interesting section on pressure points - accupuncture. The real gift is to learn about the nerves, and ways to deal with pain. The herbs described are Chinese, and may be difiicult to source, unless one has access to a Chinatown.
Spiritual Midwifery - this book is written by a survivalist group of families who did not agree with the mechinized baby factory farming that is the maternity hospitals and associated medicalized systems.