Concise Medicinal Plants Guide
This practical pocket guide, published in association with the Wildlife Trusts, describes 166 plant species with medicinal qualities that you can forage or grow in the UK and Europe.

Each species account provides accurate artworks and concise descriptions outlining essential details to help you identify species in the field, as well as essential information on their medicinal uses, toxicity and any risks or side effects to consider.

Tiffany Francis-Baker's introduction includes a brief history of foraging for medicine and discusses the benefits and risks of creating herbal remedies to supplement modern medicine. She offers practical tips on collecting wild plants safely and legally and outlines how to store, preserve and prepare medicinal plants, including making balms, teas and tinctures.

Easy to use and small enough to take anywhere, this is the perfect guide for anyone interested in making their own natural remedies.
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Concise Medicinal Plants Guide
This practical pocket guide, published in association with the Wildlife Trusts, describes 166 plant species with medicinal qualities that you can forage or grow in the UK and Europe.

Each species account provides accurate artworks and concise descriptions outlining essential details to help you identify species in the field, as well as essential information on their medicinal uses, toxicity and any risks or side effects to consider.

Tiffany Francis-Baker's introduction includes a brief history of foraging for medicine and discusses the benefits and risks of creating herbal remedies to supplement modern medicine. She offers practical tips on collecting wild plants safely and legally and outlines how to store, preserve and prepare medicinal plants, including making balms, teas and tinctures.

Easy to use and small enough to take anywhere, this is the perfect guide for anyone interested in making their own natural remedies.
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Concise Medicinal Plants Guide

Concise Medicinal Plants Guide

by Tiffany Francis-Baker
Concise Medicinal Plants Guide

Concise Medicinal Plants Guide

by Tiffany Francis-Baker

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Overview

This practical pocket guide, published in association with the Wildlife Trusts, describes 166 plant species with medicinal qualities that you can forage or grow in the UK and Europe.

Each species account provides accurate artworks and concise descriptions outlining essential details to help you identify species in the field, as well as essential information on their medicinal uses, toxicity and any risks or side effects to consider.

Tiffany Francis-Baker's introduction includes a brief history of foraging for medicine and discusses the benefits and risks of creating herbal remedies to supplement modern medicine. She offers practical tips on collecting wild plants safely and legally and outlines how to store, preserve and prepare medicinal plants, including making balms, teas and tinctures.

Easy to use and small enough to take anywhere, this is the perfect guide for anyone interested in making their own natural remedies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781399418089
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 05/15/2025
Series: Concise Guides
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 192

About the Author

Tiffany Francis-Baker is a writer, artist and environmentalist from the South Downs in Hampshire. With a mixed background in the arts, rural heritage and conservation, her work is fuelled by a love for the natural world and a passion for protecting it. She writes and illustrates for national publications and has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4. She has written numerous books, including the Concise Foraging Guide, Ebb and Flow and The Bridleway.
Tiffany Francis is an award-winning writer, artist and environmentalist from the South Downs in Hampshire. With a mixed background in the arts, rural heritage and conservation, her work is fuelled by a love for the natural world and a passion for protecting it. She writes and illustrates for national publications and has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4. Her books include Food You Can Forage, the Concise Foraging Guide, Bees and Beekeeping and Dark Skies. In 2023, The British Horse Society presented Tiffany with the Elwyn Hartley-Edwards Award for her work in promoting the enjoyment of equestrianism and raising awareness of BHS campaigns and wider issues within the equine industry in The Bridleway.

www.tiffanyfrancisbaker.com

Table of Contents

Introduction
What Are Medicinal Plants?
Using Herbal Medicines Safely
Growing Your Own Herb Garden
Foraging Wild Plants

Storing, Preserving and Preparing Medicinal Plants
How to Dry Leaves and Flowers
How to Make a Balm
How to Make Medicinal Tea
How to Make a Tincture

Species Accounts
Trees
Shrubs
Herbs and Flowers
Succulents

Useful Resources
Glossary and Acknowledgements
Index
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