Healing Spices Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living

A book full of recipes for healing tinctures, salves, drops, and even meals that make heavy use of spices chosen for their particular health benefits. First an alphabetic guide walks you through the scientific merits of black pepper, horseradish, sumac, and more spices. Recipes are organized by ailment—inside you'll find caraway and fennel tea to soothe colic, sesame pumpkin seed chocolate bark to ease a headache, turmeric-honey paste for arthritis, and rosemary popcorn to take your mind off cigarette cravings. Heal yourself naturally—and deliciously.