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Grow Your Own Drugs by James Wong

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Grow Your Own Drugs

James Wong


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Item Details
ISBN:0007307136
ISBN-13:9780007307135
Title:Grow Your Own Drugs
Authors:James Wong
Category:Complementary Therapies, Healing & Health
Format:Hardcover
Year:2009
Pages:224
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Collins
Dimensions:195mm x 237mm x 22mm
Weight:894g

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Whether you're struggling with insomnia, the kids have eczema, or your partner is feeling under the weather, this book could have the answer.

Publisher Description
Whether you're struggling with insomnia, the kids have eczema, or your partner is feeling under the weather, this book could have the answer. With easy recipes ethnobotanist James Wong shows how to make simple creams, salves, teas and much, much more from the stuff growing in your window box, the local garden centre or in the hedgerows. Using the flowers, fruit, roots, trees, vegetables and herbs that are all around us James provides preparations to help relieve a whole range of common conditions, including acne, anxiety, cold sores and general aches and pains - plus great ideas for beauty treats such as bath bombs and shampoos. Inspired by his grandmother in Malaysia who taught him about the health-giving properties of plants, James uses his top class academic knowledge to show how easy - and cheap - it is to make creams, lotions, lozenges and more which can help relieve the symptoms of a variety of common complaints. He reveals how many plants contain the same active ingredients as over-the-counter drugs and chooses his Top 100 plants to grow or buy, complete with ideas for a whole range of uses.So unleash the power of plants and soothe the symptoms of everyday ailments the natural way.

Author Biography
James Wong (BSc. MSc.) is an ethno-botanist. Half-Malaysian, he was born in Singapore to an indigenous Iban father and English mother. James' passion for plants has driven him to some of the remotest regions on earth to study their ancient and mysterious uses (he has recently returned from rural Ecuador) and he works as a consultant advising companies and organisations on useful plants and their applications. James was trained to master's level at the prestigious botanical gardens in Kew. He is currently at work designing a new botanical garden for the University of Kent.

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