The Green Witch Herbal or The Spice Route

The Green Witch Herbal: Restoring Nature's Magic in Home, Health, & Beauty Care

Author: Barbara Griggs

As we seek more natural alternatives to harsh synthetic products, we are learning a new and healthy respect for the traditional wisdom our ancestors took for granted. Women are rediscovering their foremothers' "green witchcraft"--the use of flowers, leaves, berries, roots, and barks in home and garden, for hygiene and beauty, for pleasure and for health. Now, that lore may be found in this modern source book of the domestic use of herbs. Full of practical advice and fascinating historical insights, this delightful book shows you how to tap into the astonishing power of plants and herbs.

Includes recipes for a variety of remedies and personal care products, and devotes a chapter to the creative use of herbs in the kitchen for cooking and as natural cleansers and disinfectants.

Griggs' best-selling and widely-praised Green Pharmacy is considered the standard work on the history of herbal medicine.

Table of Contents:

The Green Witch Herbal
Restoring Nature's Magic in Home, Health, and Beauty Care

Foreword
Part 1 Home and Kitchen
Herbs Around the Home
Plants Against Pollution
Insect Repellents
The Sweet-Smelling Home
Disinfectants
In the Kitchen
Herbs
Spices
Wild Food
Tea-Time
Part 2 Beauty Care
Introduction
Bathing Beauties
Hair
Eyes
Mouth, Teeth, and Gums
Skin
Hands and Feet
Part 3 Remedies
Introduction
Cleansing (Le Drainage)
The Circulatory System
The Digestive System
Joints and Muscles
The Nervous System
The Respiratory System
The Skin
Especially for Women
Herbal Remedies for Children
How To Prepare Herbal Remedies
First Aid
Botanical Names of Herbs
Bibliography
Useful Addresses
Index 

Barbara Griggs, a renowned journalist and researcher in the field of herbalism, is also the author of The Green Witch Herbal. She lives in London.

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The Spice Route: A History

Author: John Keay

The Spice Route is one of history's greatest anomalies: shrouded in mystery, it existed long before anyone knew of its extent or configuration. Spices came from lands unseen, possibly uninhabitable, and almost by definition unattainable; that was what made them so desirable. Yet more livelihoods depended on this pungent traffic, more nations participated in it, more wars were fought for it, and more discoveries resulted from it than from any other global exchange. Epic in scope, marvelously detailed, laced with drama, The Spice Route spans three millennia and circles the world to chronicle the history of the spice trade. With the aid of ancient geographies, travelers' accounts, mariners' handbooks, and ships' logs, John Keay tells of ancient Egyptians who pioneered maritime trade to fetch the incense of Arabia, Graeco-Roman navigators who found their way to India for pepper and ginger, Columbus who sailed west for spices, de Gama, who sailed east for them, and Magellan, who sailed across the Pacific on the exact same quest. A veritable spice race evolved as the west vied for control of the spice-producing islands, stripping them of their innocence and the spice trade of its mystique. This enthralling saga, progressing from the voyages of the ancients to the blue-water trade that came to prevail by the seventeenth century, transports us from the dawn of history to the ends of the earth.