Gods Wild Herbs

"God's Wild Herbs" takes us out of our cultivated gardens ~ into the wilds of forest, pasture, pond and meadow. This book is a companion volume to Dennis Ellingson's earlier book, "God's Healing Herbs," that has brought helpful information and inspiration to thousands of gardeners and health-conscious readers. Take this book out on the trail with you to forage, identify and appreciate the wild plants you see. Use the alphabetical listings and descriptions of wild herbs and edible plants. Then rest for a while under the shade of a tree or on a park bench and read one of the meditations that are sprinkled throughout the book. These readings are titled "Along the Path," relating thoughts about God and his word and his ways to the created things we see along the foraging path. Also included are recipes and uses (both external and internal) for the 121 herbs identified in the book. Each herb is accompanied by at least one photo. And lovely photos of walking paths in various regions of the country grace the pages and entice the reader to get out and go exploring "on the path." Written by a recognized herbalist and Christian minister, this unique book is easy to use, thoroughly researched, inspirational, and beautiful!

This 2006 edition has been replaced by the new, updated 2018 edition of this popular book on herbs. An excellent resource. Beautifully-illustrated pages give tips on how to grow, use, and benefit from 130 herbs. Spiritual lessons from herbs mentioned in the Bible help the reader discover living parables of the natural world in relationship to God's spiritual world. For example, the herb Hyssop has internal and external cleansing value, and it is mentioned in the Bible in relationship to the cleansing of sins. Recipes, culinary and medicinal charts, and a devotional section titled "Jesus and the Herbs" make this book a uniquely inspiring experience and resource.

Information from the scientific literature, gatherers and consumers of wild greens that are an important part of the Mediterranean diet, my experience on plants growing in the wild, detailed observations on key descriptors and habitat of wild edible and poisonous plants are all that produced the knowledge provided in this book. In addition, the placement of photos along with the text helps a lot in identifying and studying the basic features of a plant's species. After that, one can identify a plant in nature safely because they already know the characteristics of that plant. Aside from the above, this book reintroduces the forgotten traditions of the Mediterranean diet, which is based on wild greens and is therefore considered a standard of healthy eating. Specifically, the following information is provided for each species of wild greens: * Common, scientific and given names by Theophrastus and Dioscorides. * Key features of identification. * Origin, distribution in countries around the world, habitat and ecology. * Edible plant parts, season of gathering, ways of eating and cooking. * Propagation. * It also informs the reader about 174 Dioscorides's plants.

The unrivaled and comprehensive guide to the healing and other useful plants of Belize, containing over 900 species accounts, 600 illustrations, and detailed discussion of the medicinal and other traditional applications of local plants, collected through a unique partnership with traditional healers and bushmasters.

Zeus, Medusa, Hercules, Aphrodite. Did you know that these and other dynamic deities, heroes, and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology live on in the names of trees and flowers? Some grow in your local woodlands or right in your own backyard garden. In this delightful book, botanist Peter Bernhardt reveals the rich history and mythology that underlie the origins of many scientific plant names. Unlike other books about botanical taxonomy that take the form of heavy and intimidating lexicons, Bernhardt's account comes together in a series of interlocking stories. Each chapter opens with a short version of a classical myth, then links the tale to plant names, showing how each plant "resembles" its mythological counterpart with regard to its history, anatomy, life cycle, and conservation. You will learn, for example, that as our garden acanthus wears nasty spines along its leaf margins, it is named for the nymph who scratched the face of Apollo. The shape-shifting god, Proteus, gives his name to a whole family of shrubs and trees that produce colorful flowering branches in an astonishing number of sizes and shapes. Amateur and professional gardeners, high school teachers and professors of biology, botanists and conservationists alike will appreciate this book's entertaining and informative entry to the otherwise daunting field of botanical names. Engaging, witty, and memorable, Gods and Goddesses in the Garden transcends the genre of natural history and makes taxonomy a topic equally at home in the classroom and at cocktail parties.

Three scientific titans join forces to completely revise the classic text on the ritual uses of psychoactive plants. They provide a fascinating testimony of these "plants of the gods," tracing their uses throughout the world and their significance in shaping culture and history. In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful of those plants, which are known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness, have always been regarded as sacred. The authors detail the uses of hallucinogens in sacred shamanic rites while providing lucid explanations of the biochemistry of these plants and the cultural prayers, songs, and dances associated with them.

Presents a season-by-season guide to the identification, harvest, and preparation of more than two hundred common edible plants to be found in the wild.

Reissued because of the current interest in Ecstasy, this is McKenna's extraordinary quest to discover the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. He wonders why we are so fascinated by altered states of consciousness, do they reveal something about our origins as human beings and our place in nature?

Native Plants, Roots, Herbs, and Mineral by Chief Luis Tijerina Luis Tijerina, a healer, believes that for every human disease, God has provided a cure that could be found in the nature around us. In fact, forty percent of the pharmaciological products are extracted from plants. Unfortunately, these medicines produced by the rich pharmaciological firms come at an outrageous price that some of the patients are forced to choose between curing their sickness or buying food and other essential items. If they do chose to stop the cure, the bacteria and viruses causing their disease may have mutated that they needed stronger medicines to counter the effects. As a healer and bearer of knowledge of alternative medicine handed down from generation after generation, Tijerina shares this know-how to encourage people to turn to the cheaper cure they could get from plants, roots, herbs, and mineral that not only could save them money but also their lives. He also presents real-life stories of some patients who responded well with the treatment, including his own, as proof of its effectiveness. Be guided by him as he discusses each characteristics of plants, roots, herbs, and mineral, including the sickness each could cure, the proper dosage and other benefits, and the procedures involved in the preparation of each medicine. About the Author Luis Tijerina is a native of Odessa, Texas. He started working in the field of computer technology right after graduating from high school. He opened an IT services business a few years later before he decided to work as a communications manager for an oil well services company. He married at the age of twenty-five and raised two children. He became the chief of the tribe in Trans-Pecos Region of Texas in 2005 and still acts as one to this day.