The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook
The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook
James Green · first published 2000 · ISBN 9780895949905
A workshop manual for turning plants into tinctures, oils, salves, and syrups, with the ratios and timings spelled out. Green is unusually candid about what goes wrong, which makes this the book people actually keep on the bench rather than the shelf.
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The bench manual. Green gives you ratios, timings, and menstruum choices, then tells you plainly how each preparation fails, which is the part most books omit. If you are making tinctures and oils rather than reading about them, this is the one that gets stained.