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by Bevin Cohen (Author)
Create healing teas, tinctures, and oils at home using traditional methods and modern safety knowledge. Complete guide to growing, harvesting, and preparing medicinal herbs for family health and wellness, with safety protocols for effective, safe herbal medicine.
Why DIY Herbal Medicine Makes Sense:
Quality herbal preparations cost $20-50 per ounce commercially but can be made at home for $2-5 per ounce using fresh, organic herbs grown in your own garden or sourced from trusted suppliers.
What You'll Master:
- Herb cultivation for medicinal potency and organic purity
- Harvesting and drying techniques that preserve therapeutic compounds
- Preparation methods for teas, tinctures, salves, and oils with consistent potency
- Safety protocols for proper identification, dosing, and contraindications
- Family health applications for common wellness support and minor ailments
Health and Economic Benefits:
Home herbalists report 70-80% savings on natural health products while having complete control over ingredient quality and preparation methods.
Take control of your family's natural health toolkit. Essential for wellness enthusiasts wanting to reduce dependence on commercial products through traditional skills.
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Start your journey as an artisan herbalist and take back control of your health and well-being the natural way
A thoroughly delightful, practical, and well-organized introduction to the uses of plants as medicine and food.
-- ROSEMARY GLADSTAR, herbalist and author, Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs
Bevin Cohen has created a masterpiece! This is the book every beginner herbalist should have on hand to start on their herbal path.
-- KRISTINE BROWN, RH (AHG), author, Herbal Roots zine and Herbalism at Home
FROM urban apartments to wild countryside, The Artisan Herbalist is an easy-to-use guide that teaches you how to identify, grow, harvest, forage, and craft herbal allies into an assortment of useful health and wellness products. Through storytelling and step-by-step instruction, The Artisan Herbalist covers:
- The uses and benefits of 38 powerful yet easy-to-find herbs
- Harvesting from the wild, foraging in the city, and using store-bought herbs
- Growing herbs in small areas, balconies, and pots
- Principles, tips, techniques, and formulas to create teas and tinctures
- Infusing oils for the creation of salves, lotions, and balms
- Beneficial herb-based recipes
- Marketing and selling your products through a home-based business.
Whether you live in the city, suburbs, or countryside, take back control of your health and begin your journey toward independent self-care as a budding artisan herbalist.
The Artisan Herbalist leads the new herbal enthusiast to learn and embrace the plants and how they can help us.
-- TINA SAMS, editor, The Essential Herbal Magazine, author, Herbal Medicine for Emotional Healing
BEVIN COHEN is the owner of Small House Farm and an author, herbalist, gardener, seed saver, and educator. He offers workshops and lectures nationwide and serves on the boards of the International Herb Association, the Slow Food Ark of Taste Seed Bank, and the Community Seed Network. He lives in Sanford, Michigan.
Author Biography
Bevin Cohen is an author, herbalist, gardener, seed saver, and educator. He is the owner of Small House Farm, a sustainable herb farm in central Michigan, offering a full line of herbal wellness products crafted from herbs that are grown or gathered from the wild and oils that are cold-pressed at the homestead. The products are sold across the US and have been featured in numerous magazines. Cohen offers workshops and lectures nationwide on the benefits of living closer to the land through seeds, herbs, and locally grown food. He is the author of From Our Seeds & Their Keepers and Saving Our Seeds. He serves on the boards of the International Herb Association, the Slow Food Ark of Taste Seed Bank, and the advisory council for the Community Seed Network. He lives in Sanford, Michigan.
