Heal Local - by Dawn Combs (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p> Imagine if everyone could step into their backyard or balcony and pick what they need for any minor health emergency. Homestead herbalist Dawn Combs shows how by using only 20 common plants with Heal Local's small apothecary model, you can provide complete herbal home healthcare and be prepared for nearly all common injuries and ailments. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b> Grow your own first aid </b></p><p> Most of us understand the value of eating and buying local. Taking back our food, goods, and services from multinational corporations and sourcing them from small growers, producers, artisans, and entrepreneurs benefits our families, our environment, and our communities. <i> Heal Local </i> argues that 100-mile healthcare can be equally valuable in terms of how we treat illness and injury and maintain wellness. </p><p> This innovative guide demonstrates that by harnessing multifaceted whole plants, we can rely on homegrown or regionally produced herbs rather than importing exotics and non-natives. Based on the small apothecary model, author Dawn Combs explains how to: </p><ul><li> Maximize the benefits of homegrown first aid, from increased freshness, potency, and effectiveness to community resilience and local economic growth </li><li> Make home herbal healthcare less intimidating and more attainable, by focusing on twenty herbs to effectively treat most common injuries and ailments </li><li> Implement a local medicine culture safely and sustainably, while protecting and respecting wild plant populations </li></ul><p> Many herbals overwhelm their readers, presenting a list of hundreds of herbs, each with a different purpose. <i> Heal Local </i> empowers readers by showing that you don't need to know everything about every herb on the planet to create a complete home apothecary. Anyone can be self-sufficient with their wellness, regardless of their previous knowledge, experience, or available space. </p><p><b> Dawn Combs </b> is a homestead herbalist with over twenty years' experience and author of <i> Conceiving Healthy Babies </i> . As well as training others in herbal home healthcare, she treats her family's common illnesses and minor injuries with natural therapies, herbal remedies, and appropriate foods. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Homegrown herbal remedies for illness, injuries and preventative health <p><em> ...an essential book for every self-reliant homestead. No doubt the pages will become smudged and tattered from frequent use in the coming years. </em> --- Deborah Niemann, author of <em> Homegrown and Handmade, Ecothrifty, </em> and <em> Raising Goats Naturally </em></p><p> Heal Local <em> teaches a wide range of skills, from the backyard herb garden to twenty basic, safe, widely used herbs, to specific conditions which can be treated at home. </em> ---Matthew Wood MS (Herbal Medicine), Registered Herbalist (AHG) </p><p> Imagine if you could step into your backyard or onto your balcony to pick what you needed for any minor health emergency. Homestead herbalist Dawn Combs shows how, using <i> Heal Local' </i> s small apothecary model, 100-mile healthcare can be within your reach. </p><p> By harnessing the multifaceted properties of whole plants, you can rely on homegrown or regionally produced herbs rather than importing exotics and non-natives. This innovative guide demonstrates how to: </p><ul><li> Maximize the benefits of homegrown first aid, from increased freshness, potency and effectiveness, to community resilience and local economic growth </li><li> Make home herbal healthcare less intimidating and more attainable, focusing on 20 herbs to effectively treat most common injuries and ailments </li><li> Implement a local medicine culture safely and sustainably, while protecting and respecting wild plant populations. </li></ul><p> Many herbals overwhelm their readers, presenting a list of hundreds of herbs, each with a different purpose. Heal Local empowers readers by showing that you don't need to know everything about every herb on the planet to create a complete home apothecary. Anyone can be self-sufficient with their wellness, regardless of their previous knowledge, experience or available space. </p><p><em> ...a practical and accessible doorway to the amazing and delicious world of herbal medicine. Yes, let's add wellness and healing to the rising tide of re-localization! </em> --- Betzy Bancroft, RH(AHG), co-director of the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, advisory board member of United Plant Savers </p><p> Dawn Combs is a homestead herbalist with over 20 years' experience, and the author of Conceiving Healthy Babies. As well as training others in herbal home healthcare, she treats her family's common illnesses and minor injuries with natural therapies, herbal remedies, and appropriate foods. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>[Dawn Combs'] compelling case for re-informing ourselves with ancient healing arts re-connects us to the sheer abundance and provision of our ecological nest. This book will walk you through the process, from initial interest to a home apothecary. Rather than a sanctimonious attitude, Dawn exhibits an appreciative can-do spirit that uplifts individual initiative and respects the awesomeness of natural healing. I hope this book awakens in you a thirst and hunger for medicinal plants in a Heal Local context.</em><br>---Joel Salatin, from the Foreword <p/><em>This is the herb book that I've wanted forever! Dawn Combs gives us the information we need in order to take control of our health challenges. You'll learn to make tinctures and poultices and more, and you'll discover which herbs to use for what ailment; this is an essential book for every self-reliant homestead. No doubt the pages will become smudged and tattered from frequent use in the coming years.</em><br>--- Deborah Niemann, author of <em>Homegrown and Handmade, Ecothrifty, </em> and <em>Raising Goats Naturally</em> <p/><em>Increasingly, herbalism is becoming an important local source of health maintenance: in the home, on the farm, and in the community. Herbalist Dawn Combs teaches the reader how to confidently move into this increasingly prevalent and important field. Heal Local teaches a wide range of skills, from the backyard herb garden to twenty basic, safe, widely used herbs, to specific conditions which can be treated at home. This is an excellent introductory book but it will continue to provide insights over the decades. The excellent footnoting makes it a useful book for further research about herbalism and a diversity of related homestead skills.</em> <br>---Matthew Wood MS (Herbal Medicine), Registered Herbalist (AHG) <p/><em>An excellent reflection on integrating the western medicine model and local medicine communities, empowering the reader to take ownership of their health and collaborate with their physician, incorporating medicines that may be as local as their own backyard.</em><br>---Cheri Dinsmore, R.N., B.S.N, President, Harmony Farm <p/><em>Humans have always used the plants growing around them for healing. As Combs wisely points out, the simple act of gathering and using a common weed as a home remedy has profound and far-reaching effects, from enhancing our own self-reliance to making our world a better place for all. And I do mean all -- from all sorts of people to the plants and other species that also depend upon them. Truly, this book is a practical and accessible doorway to the amazing and delicious world of herbal medicine. Yes, let's add wellness and healing to the rising tide of re-localization!</em><br>--- Betzy Bancroft, RH(AHG), co-director, Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism and advisory board member, United Plant Savers <p/><br><br><i>[Dawn Combs'] compelling case for re-informing ourselves with ancient healing arts re-connects us to the sheer abundance and provision of our ecological nest. This book will walk you through the process, from initial interest to a home apothecary. Rather than a sanctimonious attitude, Dawn exhibits an appreciative can-do spirit that uplifts individual initiative and respects the awesomeness of natural healing. I hope this book awakens in you a thirst and hunger for medicinal plants in a Heal Local context.</i><br>---Joel Salatin, from the Foreword <p/><i>This is the herb book that I've wanted forever! Dawn Combs gives us the information we need in order to take control of our health challenges. You'll learn to make tinctures and poultices and more, and you'll discover which herbs to use for what ailment; this is an essential book for every self-reliant homestead. No doubt the pages will become smudged and tattered from frequent use in the coming years.</i><br>--- Deborah Niemann, author of <i>Homegrown and Handmade, Ecothrifty, </i> and <i>Raising Goats Naturally</i> <p/><i>Increasingly, herbalism is becoming an important local source of health maintenance: in the home, on the farm, and in the community. Herbalist Dawn Combs teaches the reader how to confidently move into this increasingly prevalent and important field. Heal Local teaches a wide range of skills, from the backyard herb garden to twenty basic, safe, widely used herbs, to specific conditions which can be treated at home. This is an excellent introductory book but it will continue to provide insights over the decades. The excellent footnoting makes it a useful book for further research about herbalism and a diversity of related homestead skills.</i><br>---Matthew Wood MS (Herbal Medicine), Registered Herbalist (AHG) <p/><i>An excellent reflection on integrating the western medicine model and local medicine communities, empowering the reader to take ownership of their health and collaborate with their physician, incorporating medicines that may be as local as their own backyard.</i><br>---Cheri Dinsmore, R.N., B.S.N, President, Harmony Farm <p/><i>Humans have always used the plants growing around them for healing. As Combs wisely points out, the simple act of gathering and using a common weed as a home remedy has profound and far-reaching effects, from enhancing our own self-reliance to making our world a better place for all. And I do mean all -- from all sorts of people to the plants and other species that also depend upon them. Truly, this book is a practical and accessible doorway to the amazing and delicious world of herbal medicine. Yes, let's add wellness and healing to the rising tide of re-localization!</i><br>--- Betzy Bancroft, RH(AHG), co-director, Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism and advisory board member, United Plant Savers <p/><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b> Dawn Combs </b> is a homestead herbalist and ethnobotanist with over 20 years experience in women's health issues. She began her career with a B.A. in Botany and Humanities/Classics, and later apprenticed with Rosemary Gladstar. As well as training others in herbal home healthcare, she treats her family's common illnesses and minor injuries with natural therapies, herbal remedies and appropriate foods. Dawn is a beekeeper, educator and co-owner of the medicinal herb and honey farm Mockingbird Meadows, which is nationally recognized for her signature line of therapeutic herbal honey spreads. Her family was recently recognized by <i> Mother Earth News </i> as one of their 2013 Homesteaders of the Year. Dawn is the author of <i> Conceiving Healthy Babies </i> . </p>
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