Medicinal Herbs of Canada

A full-colour illustrated guide to healing herbs found in the backyards of Canada, from the bestselling author/illustrator of Medicinal Herbs of Eastern Canada. There is medicine all around you, if you know where to look. In Medicinal Herbs of Canada, award-winning author and artist Brenda Jones gathers 134 medicinal plants from across the country in one beautifully illustrated volume, so you can learn how to identify, safely and ethically collect, and prepare the herbs growing close to you. You'll gain the skills to create an Arnica poultice to relieve pain and an Elderberry syrup to treat flu symptoms. Brew a calming tea with Lemon Balm to help relieve anxiety or make a tasty cough syrup with White Horehound and honey. With details on traditional uses as well as up-to-date scientific research, Jones offers an array of information to help new and seasoned plant lovers familiarize themselves with their neighbourhood's wild plants and their best applications. Rigorously researched, this essential guide has full-colour, detailed illustrations, accessible tips, facts, and recipes so you can benefit from the wild offerings around you. Includes a glossary of terms and a section on how to identify common poisonous plants and what to do if you encounter them.

Brenda Jones has spent years roaming the woods and fields across Canada, gathering and studying the herbs that live here in order to better understand the properties of these amazing plants. With a background as an artist and illustrator, she began painting each herb in detail to help with identification, and eventually published her first herb book, Medicinal Herbs of Eastern Canada. She has since published the Western Canada version, and has now updated and added to her research to create a book that includes all of Canada. Meanwhile she continues to expand her own backyard herb garden, filling her cupboards with her own tinctures, oils, and herbal teas.