Ali English is a herbalist. She has been passionate about herbs since the age of 13, and went on to train at Lincoln University, graduating in 2010. Since then, she has set up a practice in Lincolnshire, which lately focuses on offering herb walks, workshops and a variety of related services where she tries to convey a love of our native herbs and wildflowers to anyone who will listen. 'Wild Medicine'' is her first series of books: 'Winter and Autumn', 'Spring' and 'Summer'.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
Summer
Introduction: foraging and medicine making
Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)
Black horehound (Ballota nigra / Marrubium nigrum)
Calendula (Calendula officinalis)
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Elder (Sambucus nigra)
Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Knapweed - Black /Greater (Centaurea nigra /Centaurea scabiosa)
Lady's mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris / Alchemilla mollis)
Lime / Linden (Tilia europaea
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Pellitory-of-the-wall (Parietaria diffusa)
Pineapple weed (Matricaria discoidea)
Red clover (Trifolium pratense)
Red poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
Rosebay willowherb (Chamerion/ Epilobium angustifolium)
Self heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
RECOMMENDED READING
INDEX
