Materia Medica: The Personal Herbal Study Journal: 300-page Medicinal Herb Notebook for learning about Herbalism, Plants and Remedies, with Glossary of Terms, and blank monograph templates
Materia Medica: The Personal Herbal Study Journal: 300-page Medicinal Herb Notebook for learning about Herbalism, Plants and Remedies, with Glossary of Terms, and blank monograph templates
300 pages to fill with your botanical studies, medicinal herbs, and herbal remedies! A must for Herbalists, herbal students, or for people who want to start a home apothecary.
Materia Medica: a journal, used by herbalists, naturalists, gardeners, and home caretakers to organize their notes while studying plants and medicinal herbs. This journal includes reference information about Herbalism, a Glossary of Terms like the differences between tinctures, decoctions, glycerites and Oxymels and other herbal preparations, (plus blank pages to add your own terms as your research), a sample monograph plus blank, formatted monograph templates with fill-in-the-blank organized pages for over 70 plants/herbs plus recipes, illustrations or photos, and formulations for each. 300 total pages to record your notes while reading, studying, collecting, drawing, formulating, and observing herbs and herbal remedies.
This journal includes the following sections:
• Reference section with information about Herbalism; some history, regulations and best practices
• A Glossary of Terms already started plus additional lined pages to add your own
• Plant Monograph table of contents so you always know where to find information on a specific plant
• Enough monograph templates to record and organize information on 70 herbs/ resins, gums, waxes or clays
- each herb monograph template contains a 2-page template with spaces for key plant information to fill in plus 1 lined and 1 unlined page for every herb.
- Add your own notes, formulations, illustrations, drawings, photos, articles, plant clippings, etc
Each template contains the following prompt fields:
• Common name
• Latin name
• Botanical family name
• Flower essence action
• Chemical constituents
• Nutritional profile
• Medicinal actions
• Parts of plants used
• Directions for use
• Cautions
• Experiences
• Culinary uses
• Historical uses
• Growing conditions
• Effects on the body and body systems
• References
• Space to draw or add an image of the herb
• Additional blank pages to add more information as desired