Overview

For early American households, the herb garden was an all-purpose medicine chest. Herbs were used to treat apoplexy (lily of the valley), asthma (burdock, horehound), boils (onion), tuberculosis (chickweed, coltsfoot), palpitations (saffron, valerian), jaundice (speedwell, nettles, toad flax), toothache (dittander), hemorrhage (yarrow), hypochondria (mustard, viper grass), wrinkles (cowslip juice), cancers (bean-leaf juice), and various other ailments. But herbs were used for a host of other purposes as well - and in this fascinating book, readers will find a wealth of information on the uses of herbs by homemakers of the past, including more than 500 authentic recipes, given exactly as they appeared in their original sources.Selected from such early American cookbook classics as Miss Leslie's Directions for Cookery, Mary Randolph's The Virginia Housewife, Lydia Child's The American Frugal Housewife, and other rare publications, the recipes cover the use of herbs for medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and other purposes. Readers will discover not only how herbs were used in making vegetable and meat dishes, gravies and sauces, cakes, pies, soups, and beverages, but also how our ancestors employed them in making dyes, furniture polish, insecticides, spot removers, perfumes, hair tonics, soaps, tooth powders, and numerous other products. While some formulas are completely fantastic, others (such as a sunburn ointment made from hog's lard and elder flowers) were based on long experience and produced excellent results.More than 100 fine nineteenth-century engravings of herbs add to the charm of this enchanting volume - an invaluable reference and guide for plant lovers and herb enthusiasts that will """"delight and astound the twentieth-century reader."""" (Library Journal).

Full Product Details

Author:   Brown Brown
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.291kg
ISBN:  

9780486418759

ISBN 10:   0486418758
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   28 March 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface CHAPTER ONE:Herb Gardens and Borders HISTORICAL BACKGROUND PICKING AND PRESERVING HERBS CHAPTER TWO: Medicinal Uses of Herbs HISTORICAL BACKGROUND GLOSSARY OF OLD MEDICINAL TERMS MATERIA MEDICA CLASSIFICATION COLLECTING OF MATERIA MEDICA RECIPES FOR REMEDIES LIST OF DISEASES AND REMEDIAL HERBS ""CHAPTER THREE: Toiletries, Perfumes, Pomatum"" HISTORICAL BACKGROUND COLOGNE RECIPES DEODERIZER RECIPES HAIR TONIC RECIPES PERFUME RECIPES POMADE RECIPES SOAP RECIPES TOILET WATER RECIPES TOOTH BRUSHES AND POWDERS CHAPTER FOUR: Culinary Uses of Herbs MEAT RECIPES GRAVY AND SAUCE RECIPES SOUP RECIPES FISH RECIPES FOWL RECIPES VEGETABLE RECIPES VINEGAR RECIPES SALAD RECIPES PICKLE RECIPES BEVERAGE RECIPES CHAPTER FIVE: Other Household Uses of Herbs CONFECTIONS CONSERVES AND PRESERVES ""PASTERIES, CAKES AND PIES"" PUDDING RECIPES Bibliography Index"

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