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Elixers Of Life (Hardcover, Revised)
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Elixers Of Life (Hardcover, Revised)
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The desire to prolong life and improve its quality is as old as
life itself, and many non-western cultures -- paricularly native
Americans and the peoples of Asia and India -- have never lost
their knowledge of and belief in the efficacy of herbs in achieving
this aim. Many herbs are believed to rejuvenate the body and repair
tissue waste; others are thought to provide essential nutritive
supplements, to have aphrodesiac properties or to have a tonic
effect which aids digestion. In this definitive volume, long out of
print, Hilda Leyel explores the global history and use of 171
revitalizing herbs and vegetables -- from Agar-Agar to Yellow Wort
-- grouped into three categories: nutritious herbs, bitter herbs,
and tonic herbs. The book provides such information as botanical
name, common name, names given to the plant in different cultures
and times, natural habitat, part used, method of use, symbolism,
specific action of the plant, and lore and history. The unique
feature of the work is the inclusion of oriental herb lore and
herbal wisdom from ancient sources, including Rome and Egypt. Food
and medicine being identical in herbal wisdom, the recommendations
for making herbal infusions are given, along with some simple
recipes. Full of scholarly detail yet written for the layman, this
work is both practical and inspirational, the best of its kind ever
written, and includes thirteen specialist indexes. It should be
read as a companion volume to "The Craft of the Herbalist" by E. A.
Wallis Budge, to whom it is dedicated.
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