Culpeper's Complete Herbal: Over 400 Herbs And Their Uses

A handy guide to herbs

I love this book. Full of information

excellent reference book, if your interested in cooking food that will enhance your overall well being

Feels like an old store of information useful to healers, witches and wise women, I will need another colour book to help ID some of the plants though.

Nice book just a bit out of my depth as im new to herbal remedies. Probably not a good pick if your a novice

wish I got the other copy as it doesn't have coloured picture and a lot of plant can look the same just black and white

I read the book through quickly as it was a present ordered for someone else. It wasn't quite what I expected but seemed very informative.

A MUST FOR ANY WOULD BE AMATEUR CHEF .. FULL OF WHERE, WHEN AND HOW TO GROW .. I LOVE JUST TO READ IT

As it says it was the complete work, I thought it was a reproduction of the manuscript. Disappointment...

Bu eserin orjinali duruyor mu, ya da orjinaline en yakinini nasil secebilirim diye dusunurken bu baskiyi sectim. Benim merak ettigim kisim Culpeper'in astrolojik iliskilendirmeleriydi. Bitki cesidi bol fakat bitki illustrasyonlari cok kucuk ve siyah beyaz (bu zaten bir identification kitabi degil) Fotografli, illustrasyonlu cicekli bocekli bir kitap ariyorsaniz diye yaziyorum.

Beautiful reference! This makes a wonderful addition to my herbal library. Culpeppers is a classic. My only wish would be larger monographs to see the details.

There are several versions of this book available on Kindle (and also in paperback and hard cover). Some are difficult to read, appearing to have just been scanned. The editor of this book has done an excellent job of presenting the information in modern English and an intelligible manner, including hyperlinks within the book. Culpepper, as both a physician and apothecary, believed in the then accepted Galen theory of bodily humours (not displaced until the 1800's), so while the actual medical advice is of questionable effective value, it is of historic interest as a view into the mind of the contemporary physician, and the decription of the plants and their use/ misuse is of some practical interest. Even today many of the plants are used in 'alternative' medicine.

I have a fabulous library for herbs and such and this is a perfect addition to it. Culpeper is a household name when it comes to herbal knowledge, so you can't go wrong. Easy to read and understand.