A revised and refreshed edition of Culpeper's classic book on herbal
remedies.
"[An] updated and beautifully designed guide . . . " --Booklist
For more than 360 years, Nicholas Culpeper's historic guide to herbal
remedies has been THE definitive book on the subject. Culpeper, an
English herbalist, is the author of the bestselling herbal guide of all
time. He offered valuable and sometimes unusual advice on using,
gathering, and preparing herbs. Now, this beautifully illustrated new
edition, edited and with commentary by acclaimed US herbalist and
bestselling author Steven Foster, combines the charm and information of
Culpeper's original seventeenth-century text with up-to-date, modern,
practical usage. It includes details about where to find each herb,
astrology, and medicinal benefits.
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Bestselling author, photographer, consultant, and herbalist Steven
Foster has forty years of experience in the herbal field. He started his
career at Sabbathday Lake (Maine) Shaker Village Herb
Department--America's oldest herb business, dating to 1799. Foster is
the author or coauthor of eighteen books, including the Peterson Field
Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North
America, 3rd ed. (with James A. Duke). Foster is also senior author of
National Geographic's A Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine (with
Rebecca Johnson). An acclaimed photographer, his work appears in
countless publications. He is a contributing editor to HerbalGram, the
journal of the American Botanical Council in Austin, Texas. He lives in
Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
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Spectacularly illustrated, this is an annotated edition of Nicholas
Culpeper's bestselling herbal book on using, gathering, and preparing
herbs. With new commentary on modern usage by acclaimed US herbalist and
bestselling author Steven Foster supplementing Culpeper's
seventeenth-century text, it provides information on where each herb can
be found, its astrological correlations, and all of its medicinal
benefits.
