While growing, selling and teaching about medicinal herbs for many years, I learned that customers were greatly interested in using natural, low cost and effective herbal medicines in their daily lives.
Consequently, I thought that practical “user guides” on how to grow, harvest and use medicinal herbs would be of interest to the public.
These books all provide an explanation of the health problem in question, standard methods of treatment, possible adverse side effects from typically prescribed pharmaceutical drugs, and a review of the latest clinical studies on the effectiveness of the herb in question. The intent is to allow readers to produce their own low cost, safe, natural and effective herbal medicines.
“The Weight Loss Garden” provides both experienced and novice herb growers with a range of information and practical tips, including:
- Step by step instructions on starting herbs from seed, stem and root cuttings, and bulb and root divisions.
- Preserving and storing your harvest.
- Making infusions, decoctions, tinctures, and fluid extracts.
- Medicinal herbs in Europe, China, and the United States
- An overview of weight loss medications and the risks presented by counterfeit drugs