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出版Frances Lincoln, 2002-03
ISBN07112170849780711217089
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4B6Uyj5JS2EC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Herbs are powerful and they are fashionable - as remedies and medicines, asssential ingredients in modern cuisine, as decorative and useful plants forhe garden. Herbs can cure headaches and heal wounds, add exciting or subtlelavouring to food, act as insecticides - and this book tells you how and why.ost popular herbals simply offer a range of recipes or remedies: Why Herbsork explains the active ingredients in herbs and the effect of these on ourhysiology, for example the tannins in yarrow that can be used to heal wounds,r the salicylic acid in white willow, which forms the basis of theainkiller aspirin. Concentrating on the 150 most useful herbs, it takes aolistic approach, integrating all aspects of cultivation and use. Withrowing and preservation advice, precise recipes and useful tips, it showsow you can apply herbs: in cookery, to improve taste and maximise goodealth; in medicine, as first aid and to prevent and treat a range of commononditions, from sore throats to viral illnesses, and to boost the immuneystem; as natural cosmetics and as essential oils for relaxation or