Advice on herbalism and foraging in these pages and throughout our website is from a kitchen herbalist’s perspective and isn’t intended to replace medical diagnosis and recommendations. It is provided to enhance and encourage your own efforts to provide for your family and maybe add a little different perspective to your studies. Everything here is from my own personal study and experiences of using herbs and making remedies for my family and friends. This website is as much a diary of my own progress and learning as it is anything else, so, as I study to become qualified, I may change things a little here and there to reflect my growing knowledge and skills. There are reference pages on the website for all of the sources of information I have used in preparing this site in an organised manner.
If you are sick in any way for more than a couple of days, don’t hesitate to see a doctor.
The instructions on these pages will help you improve your home remedy making. They’ll guide you through harvesting, preparing, making remedies from, and storing your herbs. A lot of the final quality comes from preparation and experience, so be gentle on yourself. These aren’t instructions on how to make remedies to the standards of the Therapeutic Goods Association (in OZ, your country’s version may have a different name).
There are quite a few ways in which we use herbs here at Ligaya Garden. Here are a few that you can try in your own kitchen …
Current remedy making pages:
(updated 28/05/25)
(updated 07/05/25)
Succi (fresh plant juices)
(updated 06/05/25)
(updated 19/05/25)
(updates 05/05/25)
I am a self taught herbalist and forager, I currently have no formal qualifications in this field, just experience, observation and and private research skills.
These pages are more to inspire you to take up your own research and exploration and not are not intended to be
prescriptive – so I’ve got to include the caveat ”In the case of illness, see a licensed healer”.
Formulas, combinations and recipes that work
(updated 06/05/25)
Coming soon!
Salves
Creams and Lotions
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My favourite books about herbal medicine making –
Herbal Remedies. A practical beginner’s guide to making effective remedies in the kitchen. By Christopher Hedley & Non Shaw. 1996
The Herbal Medicine Maker’s Handbook. A home manual. By James Green. 2000
Making Plant Medicine. By Richo Cech. 2000
Herbal manufacturing. How to make medicines from plants. By Jenny Adams & Eleanor Tan. 2012
Herbal Elixirs. A Guide to Making Your Own Medicinal Drinks. By Sue Mullett & Jade Harris. 2021
Home medicine making. Kitchen remedies for the village herbalist. By Jessie Wolf & Kiva Rose Hardin. 2020
The Tincture-maker’s Cheat Sheet. Dafydd Monks. 2017
Christopher Hobbs’s Guide to Medicinal Mushrooms… Christopher Hobbs. 2021
The Modern Herbal Dispensatory. By Thomas Easley and Steven Horne. 2016
A Herbal Book of Making and Taking. By Christopher Hedly and Non Shaw. 2020
Medicinal brewing. By Dr. Lia Andrews. 2014
If you know any more goodies, let me know!
Other herb pages on Ligaya Garden
We cover a lot of ground on many herb related topics here on our website. There are whole pages devoted to different topics as well as frequent posts. Some of the links are –
