title: Secret Medicines from Your Garden: Plants for Healing, Spirituality, and Magic
author:  Ellen Evert Hopman 
description: The secret in Ellen Hopmans new text is the rich framework she presents for herbal medicine. By knowing herbs through the lenses of the seasons, the garden, the body, the stars, and more, the beginner will develop well-nourished roots and clear, practical skills with a wide range of plants. The advanced student will appreciate the thorough guide to formulation and blending, which makes this book an important reference text. (<i>Guido Mas, codirector of the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, chief herbalist of Urba</i>)<br /><br />Rare are those herbalists who understand the perfection of balance when knowledge is based both upon the wisdom that has survived the passing of millennia and knowledge that is affirmed with the modern tools of research and analysis. I encourage you to take the intimate journey Ellen Evert Hopman offers you in <i>Secret Medicines from Your Garden</i>. Her opening sentence resounds as a truth in my own life as well. And from that sentence onward, as she shares her own journey into the study of herbal medicine, she will engage you as a trusted friend and as someone who goes out of her way to always speak with clarity. The recipes and preparations are delicious, the medicinal information trustworthy, and the historical references reflect academic accuracy. This book should go home with you. And then? Let Ellen take you on a wonderful journey into our herbal world. (<i>Paul Beyerl, master herbalist, author of The Master Book of Herbalism, and founder of The Hermit&amp;rsq</i>)<br /><br />This is the most tantalizing type of herb book--the kind I love most--filled with lore and history, myth and magic, and the authors own rich experiences weaving the tales together. We are led on a most unique multidimensional journey to the heart of herbalism. Along the way we are taught how to use plants for medicine, daily well-being, ritual, and ceremony. (<i>Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist, founder of United Plant Savers, and author of Planting the Future: Sav</i>)<br /><br />Just like in nature where you encounter the same herb many times but in different ways, Ellen Evert Hopmans new book takes you on a spiraling exploration into the world of healing plants. Your first encounter is a taste, the next a healing brew, and then a story as if around a campfire. She also shares, for the first time in print, the brilliant herbal formulation technique of the late (great) herbalist William LeSassier. What a delight to journey with Ellen as she shares her extensive experience and knowledge of the rich diversity found in each plant! (<i>Pam Montgomery, herbalist, educator, and author of Plant Spirit Healing and Partner Earth</i>)<br /><br />Ellen Evert Hopman is a master herbalist who understands both the physical and spiritual nature of plants. In <i>Secret Medicines from Your Garden </i>she draws on her extensive experience and brings us a wonderful book that is so much more than the average herbal. Packed full of practical guidance, accessible information, and useful recipes, this original and beautifully illustrated book takes us deep into nature and teaches how plants can nourish both body and soul. Ellen is making a significant contribution to contemporary plant wisdom. Highly recommended for anyone interested in plant spirits, herbal lore, and plant magic. (<i>Carole Guyett, medical herbalist, Celtic priestess, and author of Sacred Plant Initiations</i>)<br /><br />Like a box of bonbons, this collection of arcane and useful herbal lore will delight and entertain you, no matter your mood. <i>Secret Medicines from Your Garden</i> courses through bee-humming meadows and skirts hedgerows guarded by rowan woods, while eating flower sandwiches and pouring libations for the fairies. You will love this new and wonderful treasure from the enchanted pen of Ms. Hopman. (<i>Susun S. Weed, author of the Wise Woman Herbal Series</i>)<br /><br />Her eyes opened to the power and beauty of nature first by the Franciscan community near Assissi in northern Italy and subsequently by the New Age community of Findhorn in Scotland, Ellen Evert Hopman felt called to work with plants in all their forms and guises. After an herbal apprenticeship with William LeSassier, the visionary herbalist and creator of the Triune formulation system, she spent five years studying the herbal ways of Native American elders. Declaring herbalism a lifelong learning path, this book is a distillation of all the knowledge she has acquired from the natural world and its benefits for our physical, mental, and spiritual health. It is a fascinating, educational, and highly enjoyable read brimming with practical ideas, recipes, and rich in history as well an important reference work from an accomplished herbalist, author, and all around plant woman. (<i>Alex Dover, medical herbalist</i>)<br /><br />This book is multifaceted, a gem that is full of information about our personal green paths that encompass medicine, food, religion, and ritual. (<i>Mary Pat Palmer, registered herbalist and director of the Philo School of Herbal Energetics, Philo,</i>)<br /><br />A delightful collection of natures wisdom translated into an easy-to-follow instructional book of herbal medicine. Ellen provides a great medicinal resource while inviting you to cultivate your intuition and connect with the spiritual components of plant medicine. (<i>Aviva D. Wertkin, N.D., founder of Naturae Medical</i>)<br /><br /><i>In Secret Medicines from Your Garden,</i> Ellen Evert Hopman takes the reader on a fascinating tour of various facets of herbalism: In part one, "A Wildcrafting Primer," we learn about medicinal and delicious plants to harvest in each season, as well as cold and flu care and plants to repel insects. In part two we meet animal spirit medicines, herbal astrology, plant spirits, and more. Part three encourages us to enjoy nature's bounty from honey to hedgerows, and includes two full chapters on tree medicine. Part four brings the reader into some finer points of formulation and developing protocols, including the details of William LeSassier's method of formulation. Drawing on many traditions, this book is likely to have something for everyone! (<i>Phoenix Books "staff picks," Kristen Eaton - Manager, February 2016</i>)
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  Copyright 2017 by J.E.B.
  
  
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  All incidents and characters in this book
  
  
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  Disclaimer: The herbal information in this
  
  
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  a Nutritional Herbologist, but is written for fictional and
  
  
  informational use only. No herbal information in this book is, in
  
  
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