Hedgerow Medicine: Harvest and Make your own Herbal Remedies

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Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. With each plant we will describe how to identify it, its medicinal uses and how to prepare it, making sure you're equipped with the knowledge that the world around us offers us some amazing remedies to common ailments. Your instructor will welcome you and you will then spend the morning identifying, describing and collecting a selection of native, wild, medicinal plants from around our stunning 250 acre woodland. Packed with practical information on the use of 50 native plants and gives a fascinating insight into the background of these traditional herbal remedies. This wonderful countryside companion gives abundant information on the variety of ways to preserve hedgerow herbs such as essences, syrups, gels, tinctures or ointments and is full of fascinating folklore.

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Before you know it you ll be strolling book in hand along autumn hedgerows picking remedies that will see you through what the winter has to throw at you. Depending on the plants available we will make a selection of preparations including;- creams, ointments, tinctures and liniments as well as drying and mixing plants for making infusions to treat a range of common ailments including cuts, bites and stings, burns, bruises, coughs and colds etc. This is our flagship book, with over 160,000 sales so far (combining UK and North American markets) and no signs of slowing down.Informal, practical courses which will enable you to make herbal remedies and personalised scents from fresh and dried herbs and oils. If you need help with anything at all, please contact us and one of the team will be happy to assist.