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Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy Recipes for Natural Remedies and Beauty Fixes |  | Author: James Wong
Publisher: Readers Digest
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 14534
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 224
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1606521071
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.321
EAN: 9781606521076
ASIN: 1606521071
Publication Date: February 18, 2010
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Product Description
With easy recipes using ingredients grown in your window box or the local market, Ethnobotanist James Wong shows you how easy––and cheap––it is to make simple creams, salves, teas, lozenges, and much more. James uses his top-class academic knowledge to reveal how many plants contain the same active ingredients as over-the counter drugs, and offers recipes to relieve a whole range of common conditions, including: - Digestive disorders: bad breath, heartburn and indigestion, digestion, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, flatulence, diarrhea
- Skin complaints: athlete's foot, eczema, insect bites and stings, acne, sunburn, age spots, fungal conditions, burn scars, poor foot circulation, chapped hands and sores, insect deterrent
- Kids' remedies: vitamin booster, head lice, eczema, ear wax build-up, colic
- Aches and pains: water retention, varicose veins, aching muscles, arthritis
- Female-specific problems: hot flashes and night sweats, morning and travel sickness, PMS, cystitis
- Under the weather: colds and flu, coughs and sore throats, cholesterol reducer, hangover, cold sores, immune system booster, mouth ulcers, restorative
- Mind: memory enhancer, insomnia, migraine prevention, anxiety, memory booster
- Face and body: hair strengthener, body scrub, bath and massage oil, deodorant, face mask, hand care, bath bomb, exfoliator, face toner/hair rinse, sore eyes, tired/red eyes, glycerine soap, plague remover and gum soother, chapped lips
With over 150 full-color photos, this book outlines all of the tools, oils, waxes, and powders necessary to get started, and also directs you to suppliers for easy shopping. You'll also find a 60 page reference of the top 100 plants you should consider growing in order to make herbal remedies out of your own garden. So unleash the power of plants and soothe the symptoms of everyday ailments the natural way.
BLEMISHES
Witch Hazel Gel
200 g witch hazel twigs and (preferably young) leaves (see Resources on page 218)
2 cups (500 ml) hot water
6 packets vegetable gelatin
2 tbsp vodka
1. Place the witch hazel in a pan with the hot water. Over a gentle heat, slowly reduce mixture to a third of its volume until it reaches about 2/3 cup of liquid (this will take about 1 hour).
2. Line a sieve with cheesecloth, then strain the liquid into a mixing bowl. Add the gelatin, stirring to dissolve. Set aside to cool.
3. Once cool, add the vodka and stir well. Pour the gel into a wide-mouthed jar.
COLIC
Chamomile Syrup
4 handfuls (approx 40 g) German chamomile (Matricaria recutita) flowerheads
4 cups (900 ml) water
2 1/4 cups (450g) sugar or 1 cup (340g) honey
1. In a pan, put the chamomile in the water and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to low, then cover with a tight-fitting lid and simmer for about 20 minutes.
2. Reduce the mixture to 3/4 cup (approx 200 ml) by simmering very slowly with the lid off for an additional 20 minutes.
3. Add the sugar and simmer for a few more minutes, stirring until the mixture looks like syrup. Be careful not to boil rapidly; allow it to bubble just a little.
4. Strain through a mesh sieve and then pour it into a sterilized bottle. Seal with a cork; if the syrup ferments, the bottle might explode.
USE: For a child, 1 tsp, 3 to 6 times a day.
For adults, 2 to 4 tsp, 3 to 6 times a day.
Caution: If you are diabetic, do not use.
STORAGE: Keeps unopened for up to 1 year. Once opened, keeps for 1 week in the refrigerator.
SORE THROAT
Echinacea Throat Spray
3 cloves
5 peppermint leaves, finely chopped
5 sage leaves, finely chopped
2 tbsp (30 ml) Echinacea purpurea tincture (from natural food stores)
1. Place the cloves, peppermint, and sage leaves in a small glass bowl, then add the echinacea tincture. Cover and let stand for 2 weeks in a cool, dark place. You will see the color change gradually.
2. Strain the liquid through cheesecloth placed in a strainer, squeezing all of the liquid from the herbs by hand. Filter the liquid into a sterilized spray bottle.
USE: Spray as often as needed.
STORAGE: Keeps in the refrigerator for up to 1 year.
MIGRAINE PREVENTION
Feverfew Sandwiches
2 fresh feverfew leaves
sandwich, containing filling of your choice
To aid digestion, add two fresh leaves (1 g) to a lunchtime sandwich.
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 Create Your Own Drugs is a real treasure of information April 29, 2010
R. Mullet
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Create Your Own Drugs: Easy Recipes for Natural Remedies and Beauty Fixes by James Wong had beautiful illustrations and each recipe was well-detailed. Some of the ingredients might be difficult and a little pricey to obtain, although Mr. Wong did list suppliers. The book is worth it just for the second half listing of the top 100 medicinal plants.
 Beautiful book -- but not for beginning or casual alternative medicine users April 26, 2010
Erin K. Simons (Central Indiana)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
The first thing I need to say about Grow Your Own Drugs is that this book is gorgeous. Page after page is filled with beauty shots of herbs and other close-up, photographic plant porn. (And incidentally, there are also some great shots of author James Wong, who's not too hard on the eyes, either.)
The name may raise eyebrows, but Grow Your Own Drugs is actually a no-nonsense home reference guide of natural, herb- and plant-based home remedies and beauty treatments. I love that Wong includes a list to help newbies like me set up shop for home remedy making, including stock items needed for many of the recipes.
But that aside, I don't know how well making most of Wong's remedies would work in my lifestyle. Number one, many of the recipes require ingredients that might be hard to find and pricey if you don't grow them yourself. The time to make some of the recipes also seems prohibitive for a working mom, but if you're dedicated to a holistic, organic lifestyle, I imagine you'll find the time.
One final thing I have to point out, though: a lot of the remedies call for vodka to make tinctures or popsicles, etc. The idea is that you steep or distill therepeutic herbs in the alcohol, and yes, many cough syrups today still have alcohol as a main ingredient. But really? One of the cold remedies was basically echinecea steeped in vodka, and the directions recommended ingesting several small cupfulls every few hours. Yes, I imagine that would distract me from my cold symptoms and make me feel quite a bit better. ;-)
 Very Interesting. April 26, 2010
Joanne Meehl
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have not tried the recipes yet but look forward to trying some of them.
AMAZING, all natural resource! April 7, 2010
Laura Covell (Kentucky USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
God gave us everything we need for health maintenance and healing (for the most part) and this book spells out the most beneficial herbs and plants, identifying them, and how to utilize them. Lots of great recipes for everything from lip balm to athlete's foot remedy. It's a great read - I did it in about 2 hours. Highly recommended!
Great Find! April 6, 2010
M. McConnell (Pacific N W)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This beautiful book is so easy to navigate, understand and use. There are good references for organic products to purchase to make the recipes in the back of the book. The author is great. I wish they'd used a different word in the title rather than Drugs! I bought this after hearing the author talk about the book either on tv or NPR, can't remember which...It's a good book for anyone wanting to make herbal remedies.
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