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Posted by Anna_B Sydney, NSW (My Page) on Tue, Jan 14, 03 at 23:36
weeds/herbs
Posted by paulchan nsw aust (My Page) on Tue, Jan 14, 03 at 23:14
Has anyone got some info. re. uses of common weeds - medicinally, cooking, etc. - does anyone know of any courses related to uses of weeds/herbs for medicinal purposes, i.e. making tinctures, compresses, etc. - I do recall a woman who had a book published on the above but cannot locate or remember title - any info. greatly appreciated. Paul
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RE: Weeds/Herbs - Copied from Gardening in Oz Forum
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| Some people would argue that all herbs are weeds. In fact, one common answer to the question 'What is a weed?' is 'It's a herb nobody has found a use for yet, or one which is growing where you don't want it'. You could check out any of the books by Tim Low, including 'Wild Food Plants of Australia'. It's basically discussing 'bushtucker plants' but many of them are considered to be weeds. The book includes a large bibliography, which could provide a further step in your search for information. However, Tim is famed for his knowledge of and uses of roadside weeds, and has published a number of books on the subject - he has his own website. |
RE: Weeds/Herbs - Copied from Gardening in Oz Forum
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| Do you know the address of Tim Low's website? |
RE: Weeds/Herbs - Copied from Gardening in Oz Forum
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| If you do a Google search for Tim Low you'll be able to find him. Meantime, check out this site. |
Here is a link that might be useful: books on weeds
RE: Weeds/Herbs - Copied from Gardening in Oz Forum
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| I did a search for Tim Low and came up with pages of stuff. After wading through some of them I gave up. |
RE: Weeds/Herbs - Copied from Gardening in Oz Forum
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| LOL. Same here. A visit to your local library would probably be more productive! |
RE: Weeds/Herbs - Copied from Gardening in Oz Forum
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- Posted by Jari SE Qld Aust (My Page) on
Sat, Jan 25, 03 at 0:11
Reader's Digest "Magic & Medicine of Plants" A Guide to Hundreds of Native & Exotic Plants & Their Healing Powers. Very good with pictorial plant descriptions, habitat & range, identification, and uses and properties, ISBN 0 86438 560 9
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try this site by isabell shipard.
she has a book on most medicinal herbs in oz,and she really knows her subject well.She aslo explains how to make tinctures as well.
http://www.herbsarespecial.com.au/ |
RE: Weeds/Herbs - Copied from Gardening in Oz Forum
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| My weed book is "Weeds - an illustrated botanical guide to the weeds of Australia, B.A. Auld and R.W. Medd Inkata Press, Melbourne 1987. It's a fantastic little book and one I use frequently. |
RE: Weeds/Herbs - Copied from Gardening in Oz Forum
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| Tim Low is apparently a founder of the Invasive Species Council. Am still searching for his own website but the list of links from the Invasive Species website (below) has links to information about weeds. Not quite the positive thing you're after, I suspect, but it might help some of the other posters in this thread ... |
Here is a link that might be useful: Invasive Species Council website - links
RE: Weeds/Herbs - Copied from Gardening in Oz Forum
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Try Pat Collins "useful weeds at our doorstep" - it's a great book that goes through 40 common weeds that you can either eat, or turn into creams, salves, or take as teas...
She also does a correspondance course on using plants as medicene. |
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