Old Remedies for Modern Living

A comprehensive and full colour materia medica of western herbs focusing on using traditional and forgotten formulas and cures in modern practice and daily life

Outlining essential information which is often absent from modern herbal texts, Old Remedies for Modern Living details recipes for old and forgotten plant cures for over one hundred common Western herbs.

The chapters include recipes such as tisanes, cold infusions, poultices, decoctions, bath oils, infused extracts, syrups, compresses and more.

Complete with full colour photographs, the book is structured as a well-researched and in-depth A to Z of herbs. From Agrimony to Yellow Dock, the entry for each herb provides an easily accessible introduction – allowing for quick referencing – which lists the etymology, plant lore, edibility, seasonality, medicinal properties and active constituents.

Every entry moves on to explore the historical usage of each plant alongside modern research, as well as dosages, topical uses and precautions, concluding with a number of forgotten remedies for which each plant can be used.

Old Remedies for Modern Living is an essential text for all practitioners and students of herbal medicine, encouraging readers to treat and innovate with herbal traditions of the past in their everyday practice.

Samantha Almond is a self-taught herbalist and nature enthusiast.

Her debut book is the culmination of years of dedicated research into the wildflowers of the Forest of Dean, a project she began in 2019. She provides readers with a unique perspective on the history of the medicinal uses of the plants of this enchanting region and how those historical uses stand up to modern research

Samantha enjoys sharing her discoveries with others and exploring the countryside with her partner Adrian and their dogs Holly and Pippa.