03/02/2026
🌿📚Ruby's Recommendations 📚🌿
The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies -
Nicole Apelian, PhD and Claude Davis
First - how is it March already? 😅
But this book!! I first learned about it in a group session I was leading, from a friend, last year. It definitely doesn't disappoint!
The highlights:
🌿User friendly. I love how it's laid out. Easy to find what you're looking for.
🌿Guidance on how to create oils, salve etc and even a household remedy section (like how how use activated charcoal, boric acid, bleach etc)
🌿Lovely colour picture of the plant, she does have good descriptions as well. Might not be the best ID guide if you're not already familiar with some of these herbs and ID features, or even when they aren't at their "height" of the season, but it's a start!
🌿Alllll the information. Each section for each plant has great to the point information on what it has been used for and cautions. It's a great quick glance reference for out and about or in your kitchen.
🌿The herbs and plants discussed are absolutely relevant to this area. Many of them are foragable and accessible for the most part if thats your jam!
This book did not disappoint. There is a "Part 2", it's smaller and I haven't had a deep look into it but if you're going to get any, this is a fabulous place to start.
Cost is for sure a consideration, topping in near $100 unless you can snag it on a sale day. (I've seen it range from $92 - 129 Canadian) It's soft cover and about 300 pages, sizeable but not too bulky.
If you're starting our your herbal book collection and price isn't a factor, for sure a great book. A must have for the herbal veterans out there and professional amateurs. 😅 Learn something new every time I open it!
