The Herbal Handbook for Home and Health: 501 Recipes for Healthy Living, Green Cleaning & Natural Beauty

For Krishna, who is “the potency of medicinal herbs, the dearest well-wishing friend, the inexhaustible seed.” BG.9.16.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Waller, Pip.

The herbal handbook for home and health : 501 recipes for healthy living, green cleaning, and natural beauty / Pip Waller.

pages cm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-58394-892-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-58394-893-4 (ebook)

1. Herbs--Therapeutic use. 2. Herbs--Health aspects. 3. Materia medica, Vegetable.

4. Herbal cosmetics. 5. Cleaning compounds. 6. Beauty, Personal. 7. Natural products.

8. Organic living. I. Title.

RM666.H33W33 2015

615.3’21--dc23

2014018903

MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: The following information is intended for general information purposes only. Individuals should always see their health care provider before administering any suggestions made in this book. Any application of the material set forth in the following pages is at the reader’s discretion and is his or her sole responsibility.