A guide to making and using medicinal herbal honeys, with 45 recipes for targeted herb combinations that support daily well-being and ease common ailments, ranging from anxiety and heart health to headache relief, soothing a sore throat, and more.
Taking medicine just got a whole lot sweeter! Honey is well known for its healing properties. When infused with the additional benefits of medicinal herbs and fruits, it becomes a tasty way to turn natural remedies that can be unpleasant tasting into a treat to take. Author Dawn Combs makes these traditional herbal honeys - called "electuaries" - and has created her own formulations for addressing a variety of common health ailments.
Book Features:
- Introduces an easy, delicious way to get a daily dose of herbs. Electuaries - pastes made from herb-and-fruit infused honey - are among the easiest herbal remedies to make and offer an appealing, versatile, alcohol-free alternative to other herbal therapies for adults and children.
- Includes dozens of recipes for making herbal honey formulas to treat a variety of common ailments, from headache to nausea and heart health, along with suggestions for using them in smoothies, cocktails, and other treats.
- Author Dawn Combs is a respected herbalist and seasoned beekeeper who has formulated and markets her own line of herbal honey spreads.
Full-colour; photographs throughout
About the Author
Dawn Combs is the author of
Sweet Remedies. She is the co-owner of the herbal health farm Mockingbird Meadows and the master formulator for a variety of the farm's herb- and honey-based products. Trained in ethnobotany, she speaks about botanical wellness and home health proficiency. She writes a column, Roots Rx, for Heirloom Gardener magazine and is a regular contributor to
Mother Earth Living, Mother Earth News, and
Hobby Farms. She has written two previous books about herbal healing.
Industry Reviews
"In Sweet Remedies, Dawn Combs heightens our reverence for the bee and its honey. As she takes us from hive to kitchen apothecary, she gives us the tools to create delicious, powerful preparations and shows us that honey is so much more than a tasty sweetener." -- Marlene Adelmann, herbalist and founder of the Herbal Academy
"This book is more than good. It's exceptional. Along with a host of honey-rich and herb-abundant recipes, Sweet Remedies offers us a delicious journey into the heart of responsible beekeeping, ecologically-minded herbalism, and sound advice on health and healing. As Dawn Combs writes in Sweet Remedies, 'combining herbs with honey as a regimen for daily health is a growing revolution.' Her book puts Dawn at the forefront of this sweet uprising." -- Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and author
"Bees are living reminders of the magic that takes place in nature's medicinal garden. In Sweet Remedies, Dawn Combs provides an overview of honey's rich history, along with practical recipes for health and insight into how we can be vital advocates for our precious pollinators and plants." -- Susan Leopold, PhD, Director of United Plant Savers
"Dawn Combs opens our eyes to the many creative ways the natural pairing of herbs and honey can infuse our lives with sweetness and health. Her expertise as a biodynamic beekeeper, herbalist, and small-batch producer takes making herbal honeys to a whole new level. Pulling from tradition, personal experience, and a little bit of science, she's crafted a bright, beautifully laid-out book that's chock-full of recipes, ideas, and inspiration." -- Maria Noel Groves, author of Body into Balance
"Honey has been used as medicine for centuries. In Sweet Remedies, Dawn Combs expands your knowledge of the healing powers of this golden elixir, whether you want to take honey for its antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and immune-boosting properties or you simply want recipes for infusing it with herbal flavors. I highly recommend this guide book as essential reading." -- Shawna Coronado, wellness and health author
"Sweet Remedies is just that -- sweet. With great wisdom, Dawn Combs explains the absolutely fascinating life of honey bees, grounds us in modern research and ancient healing traditions from around the planet, then leads us to recipes for mouth-watering, time-tested preparations. Give Sweet Remedies a place on your kitchen shelf and just try to keep these gorgeous pages from merging with your sticky fingerprints." -- Margi Flint, RH HM, Earthsong Herbals Family Practice
