TOM BROWN'S GUIDE TO WILD
EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS by Tom Brown Jnr.
1985 / 234 pages.
This
is the fifth handbook in the acclaimed series by the
director of the world-famous Tracking, Nature and
Wilderness Survival School. For untold thousands of
years, human beings have thrived on the nutritional and
medicinal wealth of the plant life in the natural world.
In these fascinating, wide-ranging, wonderfully
informative stories, Tom Brown tells all about the
uncommon benefits of the common trees, shrubs, flowers,
and other plants we find around us. 'How to use every
part of the plant-leaves, flowers, bark, bulbs and roots.
Where to find useful plants, and the best times of year
and stages of growth to harvest them. How to prepare
delicious food dishes, soups, breads, and teas from
riches of the great outdoors.' An incredible range of
experience-proven medicinal uses to treat headaches,
burns, digestive disorders, skin problems, and a host of
other maladies.
