Ellen Evert HopmanSecret Medicines from Your Garden
Plants for Healing, Spirituality, and Magic
Ellen Evert Hopman has been a teacher of herbalism since 1983 and is a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild. A Druidic initiate since 1984, she is a founding member of The Order of the White Oak, an Archdruidess of the Druid Clan of Dana, and a member of the Grey Council of Mages and Sages. The author of several books, including A Druid’s Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year, she lives in Massachusetts.
Author's Note on How to Use This Book
Foreword by Matthew Wood
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
Walking the Green Path--An Herbalist Discovers Her Calling
PART ONE
A WILDCRAFTING PRIMIER
1 The Signatures of Plants--Learning Nature’s Alphabet
2 Herbs of Spring
3 Herbs of Summer
4 Herbs of Fall
5 Winter Cold and Flu Care, Naturally!
6 Bug Stuff--Plants to Repel Mosquitoes, Ticks, and Fleas
PART TWO
EXPLORING INVISIBLE DIMENSIONS OF THE PLANT WORLD
7 Magic of the Dragon and the Hag--Dracaena and Mullein
8 Animal Spirit Medicines
9 Herbal Astrology
10 Working with Plant Spirits
PART THREE
ENJOYING NATURE'S BOUNTY
11 Bee Medicine--The Splendors of Honey
12 Some Kitchen Medicines
13 Hedgerows Are Food, Medicine, and Magic
14 Deciduous Trees for Healing
15 Conifers for Healing
PART FOUR
FORMULA MAKING
16 General Formulas--From Tinctures to Poultices
17 Constitutional Prescribing--Plants to Build, Cleanse, and Tone the
Organs and Systems of the Body
Glossary of Herbal Contraindications
Sources and Resources
Index of Plants by Common Name
Index of Plants by Scientific Name
Index of Health Concerns
General Index
