Culpeper's Color Herbal
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (831 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806985682 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Culpepera famed astrologer, physician, and authorcovered almost 400 herbs and plants from Aconite and Adder’s Tongue to Yew and Yucca. For each entry, he gave both the Latin and common names, details on where to find it, its flowering time, astrology, and medicinal virtues. Following the alphabetical list of herbs comes the inventory of illnesses and their cures, as it appeared in 1649. Many of these plants still occupy a prominent position in the dispensaries of today’s herbalists, so in addition to Culpeper’s entertaining and often caustic comments and descriptions, there are notes on contemporary usage by an established practitioner. As charming and elegant as the 17th-century original, this groundbreaking herbal guide combines Nicholas Culpeper’s fascinating text with up-to-date information and modern full-color illustrations
Great price. Needed to replace the copy I lent to one of my kids. Great price.. An Valuable and Even Charming Reference for Herbs It is rare to find an herbal reference guide to herbs so charmingly and exactly illustrated. Gardeners will find the illustrations helpful to see what less familiar herbs look like. But Culpeper's Color Herbal offers much more. Each herb is listed individually with a color illustration, a description, other information, specific exerpts from 16th century herbalist Nicholas Culpepper, and description of modern medicinal uses. This allows the reader, or the herbalist, the unique op. Cute book if you are a collector Celene I collect herbals and this one I purchased through the Amazon used book program (if you have not used it - you HAVE to try it - I have gotten some wonderful deals). Anyway - the book doesn't cover anything groundbreaking - the info is good, and the pictures are ok. Since this is a re-print of an old book, nothing really all that new in it. The format is very charming as they describe it - so that part is cool. Nothing new in this book - if you are looking for content, go with Gri
"Beautiful, affordable and particularly relevant beautiful color illustrations help with identification of each plant…This makes for particularly interesting reading."—Alive