Grow Your Own Drugs

It's been a fascinating series, with lots of case studies which support the natural remedies.

He has written a book which I bought after the first episode was shown.

It's a fascinating book - loads of information and over 60 recipes for making creams, balms, cough remedies - lozenges and medicines - acne treatment, cold sore remedy, arthritis treatment, women's problems - the list goes on and on and includes cosmetics, body scrubs, bath bombs and lip balms.

Treatments for varicose veins, water retention, constipation, diarrhoea, bad breath and athlete's foot - kid's treatments for headlice, eczema, colic and ear wax.

He gives advice about foraging (gathering stuff from the wild) chestnuts, elderflowers, plantain leaves and rosehips and where to obtain the extra ingredients you need.

I would love to be able to reproduce the recipes and information here on the website for you, but copyright laws prevent me.

The best price I have found for the book Grow Your Own Drugs is at Amazon and the link is here

I paid around £9 for my copy but the price may vary.

I opted for the free delivery and got the book in 3 days - it's not worth paying extra for faster delivery in my opinion.

If you just made the body scrub, you'd save more than the price of the book - add on the benefits of natural remedies and you have huge savings.

It is a book that is highly recommended - you could use it as a home pharmacy reference.

You can save money and go back to nature at the same time.

James Wong is an ethobotanist and works out of Kew Gardens in London.

If you need a herbal or home remedy for insect bites, heartburn, hot flushes or sore eyes, then this is the book you need to buy.

For an explanation of gardening terms that you might not understand, please check out the Growers Dictionary section.

I found that I was either skimping on explanations or giving too much information on the individual pages so I have posted all relevant terms in one section - if there's anything you need to know, please drop me an email.

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