Culpepper's Complete Herbal

A revised and refreshed edition of Culpepers classic book on herbal remedies. [An] updated and beautifully designed guide... Booklist. For more than 360 years, Nicholas Culpepers 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 Culpepers original seventeenth-century text with up-to-date, modern, practical usage. It includes details about where to find each herb, astrology, and medicinal benefits. [𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐩] 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 Americas 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 Geographics A Desk Reference to Natures 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. [𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫] Spectacularly illustrated, this is an annotated edition of Nicholas Culpepers 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 Culpepers seventeenth-century text, it provides information on where each herb can be found, its astrological correlations, and all of its medicinal benefits.