The Herbal Body Book

I was very disappointed by the quality of the book, it was listed as good, in fact, the quality was fair to poor. The pages are falling out, and the paper is discolored; a total misrepresentation of the book quality.

i found all this information highly useful. i have been making stuff and love using all natural stuff.

Indeed Jeanne Rose knows her herbal stuff from experience, gathered over more than thirty years as a professional herbalist. The 2000 edition that I got (the one described on this page) is awesome: there's a glossary of herbs, of pharmacology terms, of health conditions that can be helped with herbs. The author provides recipes for making different ointments and mixtures for beauty and health conditions but she also gives in her book enough information for the reader to actually mix up her own ingredients and create an original perfume, or mask or lotion. She knows how to impart her knowledge with generosity. It's a reference book and fun to read as well.

I have many of Jeanne Rose's great herbal and aromatherapy books. The "Herbal Body Book" and her original "Herbs & Things" are available in a beautiful new 2nd editions. These are two of the most fantastic herbals and aromatherapy books that were ever written. Fantastic, quirky, informative, delicious and filled with easy to follow body and skin care formulas and recipes for health that were invented by Jeanne. She writes because she knows about the subject matter intimately. These are invaluable reference books that every lover of herbs and aromatics should have in their library. For the Information of Ask Jeeves, the Herbal Body Book has been rekpublished in a 2nd edition through Frog, Ltd in Berkeley, CA and Herbs & Things has been republished by Last Gasp in San Francisco, CA.

I'm 14 years old, and am just discovering the world of herbs, and ofcosmetics. I found this book very useful in both areas, because of thewonderful descripitons, and the useful, simple recipies. Oh, also, the version I read was the 1976 version (from the library of course) so I imagine that this newly updated copy is even better!

I have most of Jeanne Rose's books. This one is a fun, wonderful to use and try book. Some of the recipes are very old. Some are of her own formulations. They are all fun to use, and or try and they are fairly easy to make and play with. If you want a simple book, with lots of recipes, with information on the herbs used, and also which are simple enough to change for your self, and gives you a good start for it, you want this book.