Kitchen Medicine

Household remedies for common ailments

Julie Bruton-Seal, Matthew Seal (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2010
Merlin Unwin Books (Verlag)
978-1-906122-18-8 (ISBN)

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The average kitchen contains many handy but over-looked remedies for treating common ailments or household emergencies. These include herbs and spices, oils and vinegars, fruits and vegetables. This beautiful reference book making diagnosis and cure both immediate and easy. Written by the authors of the successful Hedgerow Medicine.

Our kitchen shelves are full of remedies for all sorts of illnesses and accidents. In fact most domestic accidents occur in the kitchen. But if the home has hidden dangers, it also contains many handy but often overlooked ingredients for treating household emergencies and common ailments, from bee stings and cuts to sore throats and chilblains.

The products for these remedies include herbs and spices, fruit and vegetables, oils and vinegars, and many other familiar items.

In Kitchen Medicine the authors of the successful Hedgerow Medicine now move indoors to describe the wealth of healing and emergency remedies that sit unused and idle in the kitchen. Superb illustrations adorn a lively text.

The ailments and illnesses that kitchen medicine can address are comprehensively listed, making diagnosis and cure both immediate and easy.

Julie Bruton-Seal is a herbalist, iridologist and cranio-sacral therapist. A Fellow of the Association of Master Herbalists (AMH), she is also an artist, jeweller, graphic designer, cook and gardener. Her parents are the well-known wildlife filmmakers and photographers Des and Jen Bartlett. Julie and husband Matthew teach courses and workshops in herbal medicine, foraging and distilling. Matthew Seal has had a lifelong love of wildflowers, and, like his wife Julie, is a member of the Association of Foragers. By profession an editor and writer in books, magazines and newspapers, he is an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP).

Preface vi

Introduction viii

The ingredients x

Using kitchen medicines xii

Allspice 2

Almond 5

Aniseed, anise 8

Apple 10

Arrowroot 14

Banana 16

Barley 18

Basil 22

Beetroot, red beet 26

Bicarbonate of soda, baking soda 28

Blueberry 32

Butter & ghee 34

Cabbage 38

Cardamom, elachi 42

Carrot 46

Celery 48

Chilli/cayenne pepper 50

Chocolate 54

Cinnamon 58

Cloves 62

Coconut 65

Coffee 68

Coriander, cilantro 72

Corn, maize 76

Cranberry 80

Cumin 82

Dill 85

Fennel 88

Fenugreek 92

Figs 94

Garlic 96

Ginger 100

Honey 104

Lemon 107

Mushrooms 110

Mustard 112

Nutmeg & mace 115

Oats 118

Olive 122

Onion 126

Orange 130

Oregano & marjoram 133

Parsley 136

Pepper 140

Pineapple 144

Poppy seed 146

Pumpkin 148

Rice 150

Rosemary 152

Sage 156

Salt 160

Star anise 164

Sugar 166

Tea 168

Thyme 173

Turmeric 176

Vinegar 180

Water 183

Yoghurt 186

Quick reference by ailment 189

Notes to the text 198

Recommended reading 203

Resources 204

Index 205

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.9.2010
Zusatzinfo	208 Halftones, color
Verlagsort	Shropshire
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	942 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde ► Phytotherapie
ISBN-10	1-906122-18-0 / 1906122180
ISBN-13	978-1-906122-18-8 / 9781906122188
Zustand	Neuware