A Year of 
Making Herbal Medicines at Home

by David Reed Beatty

How would your life improve if you could...

. . . stop worrying about chemicals or toxins in your health-care products?
Wouldn’t it be great to rely on yourself, your organic garden, your home kitchen?

. . . stop relying on costly products from the pharmacy?
What if you could save money AND get more in tune with nature?

. . . make your own herbal tinctures, teas, and more from your plants?
Why not learn how to make simple herbal remedies in your own home? 
You can do it!
A Year of Making Herbal Medicines at Home
This insightful book gives you recipes, projects, and inspiration. Its unique season-by-season projects help you to appreciate nature year round. Want a chemical-free household? Hoping to take more self-responsibility for your health and wellness? Perhaps the time is right for a return to local medicines. 
Dr. David Beatty, an osteopathic physician and herbalist
from the mountains of West Virginia wrote this book so that you can:
  • Build confidence in your ability to care for your family and yourself.
  • Find satisfaction in using natural ingredients and safe practices.
  • Rely on sustainable local materials practically in your own backyard.
  • Begin to make your home chemical free.
  • Gain a new appreciation for the wonders of plants.
Use the clear, colorful photos and text to:
  • Follow easy recipes using garden herbs and wild plants
  • Create your own tinctures, salves, lotions, sprays, and more.
  • Identify useful medicinal plants season by season.
  • Collect, dry, prepare, and store medicinal herbs.
View a preview of the first 15 pages of this beautiful book. 
A Year of Making Herbal Medicines at Home
Full color photographs of the plants and materials make this book stand out from others like it—a true collector’s item. And one you’ll be proud to include in your home library.

This is the herbal how-to you have been waiting for.
Best of all, it is printed with top-quality materials. It’s created to last a long time, for your use and for future generations. The four-season theme really helps you to feel connected with the seasons and with the natural cycles of life. 


Anticipation is Sweet But... 
For the many students and fans of Dr. Beatty who have been waiting patiently for its release, your book
  is available now!  
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Historical copies of herbals like the ancient De Materia Medica are still fascinating and important. True knowledge shared with love, lasts long. 


Page from the 6th century 
Vienna Dioscurides,
 an illuminated version of the 1st century 
De Materia Medica  
About the Author
Dr. David Beatty is an herbalist and osteopathic physician specializing in osteopathic manipulative medicine. His practice in southeastern West Virginia emphasizes teaching people to take care of themselves with home exercises and herbal medicines. His previous publications include Manipulation at Home: Exercises to Complement Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (WVSOM 2003), The Pocket Manual of OMT (editor and co-author, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2007, 2011), Manipulation in Motion (editor and co-author, WVSOM 2009), and A Tale of Two Boxes (fiction, Lulu.com 2011).