The Gardeners Companion to Medicinal Plants by Jason Irving HARDBACK

Quarto Publishing PLC

The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants: An A-Z of Healing Plants and Home Remedies: 1 (Kew Experts)...\nPublisher \u200F : \u200E Frances LincolnLanguage \u200F : \u200E EnglishHardcover \u200F : \u200E 224 pagesISBN-10 \u200F : \u200E 0711238103ISBN-13 \u200F : \u200E 9780711238107\nThe Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants: An A-Z of Healing Plants and Home Remedies: 1 (Kew Experts)...\nThe Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book, which combines exquisite botanical illustrations with practical self-help projects. Every day sees a discovery in the press about the new uses of plants, and it's certain that most of our most important drugs are derived from plants. From willow (used to procure aspirin) to periwinkle (used in chemotherapy to treat lymphoma) many common garden plants have provided cures in modern medicine. In this book readers can discover more than 200 life-saving plants and 25 home-grown remedies t.