The Wild Medicine Solution: Healing with Aromatic, Bitter, and Tonic Plants

Guido Mase is a master herbal craftsman as well as a most excellent word weaver <3 His writing expresses a bit of folklore as well as deep love and respect for the herbs included in this teaching. Reading Wild Medicine is like reading poetry! I've read it through twice and know my fam & I refer to it often.

I love how this book is conceived and organized. It's not an encyclopedia. But it's got lots of solid references. As Mase says, modern medicine is outstanding for dramatic interventions -- when there's a catastrophe like a car accident, for example, or massive infection -- but not that great for the smaller day to day ailments and discomforts we all deal with. Herbal medicine is not "alternative" really. It's the foundation of the pharmaceuticals. Forty percent of pharmaceuticals in 2017 are still completely plant based. The difficulty is that pharma juices them up (so to speak) so extremely that they can cause serious damage quickly (think opioids). Herbal medicine is simply the very weak version of these "punch-you-in-the-face" iterations of plant based meds. And weak is good. Because it is unlikely to cause harm, but used properly, can nudge your physiology in the right direction.The medical establishment would have you believe that herbal meds are nonsense. Don't believe it. Especially since it doesn't even make any sense.

Thank you Guido for opening my eyes for me to discover a totally new passion. To think that all this time I have been ignoring these "weeds" without any thought to their medicinal values. You could have been writing about me as I watch what I eat, no GMO's, clean water AND several supplements when in fact I should be getting those nutrients from wild medicine.You write in such an interesting manner that makes this far, far more than a gardening book or a health book. It is pure magic and truly a classic! I hope you will consider writing another volume with other local, common garden plants e.g. stinging nettles, red clover etc.I have never thought of using a herbalist to keep me healthy. That situation will change as your book has made clear to me that it is the perfect addition in my wellness regime.Thank you so much for such an informative, interesting and easily read masterpiece.

Lovely book that will help others introduce bitters into their search for health. We've strayed to far from what we are supposed to do to be health. Masé provides some of the tools to bring us back to center. I appreciate that this, practitioner of herbal healthcare shares his knowledge in a way that is so understandable yet it asks one to stretch just a bit more. This is motivating at least to me.

I made this the book club choice for my club. I thought if they could get one good thing out of the book, it was a success. When we got together to discuss the book, it was obvious that everyone ( 12 members) got something that they felt would change their perceptions, change their relationship with the medical people in their lives and make them more responsible for their own health...

I read lots of health-related books, but I have seldom read one that is truly well written. Mase takes the complex world of plants: aromatics, bitters, and tonics and makes them come alive for the reader through the use of history, stories, and modern science. I will be re-reading this book many times over-- not only for information but for the eloquence of the author's writing style.

I bought this for my mother for Christmas and she loved it. I think my mom is a witch. She is always picking flowers, plants, weeds and many different greenery and making her miraculous medicines.If you want to do this and become a witch like my mother, then you should buy this book!I would buy this book again, thanks to my mother for supplying me with her healthy alternative medicines!

I am learning a great deal from this book. I had to look up a few terms so it really engaged me and made me think. Highly recommend this book.

You don't have to be a herbalist to benefit from this book, I really like the way it encourages people to have an awareness of plants growing wild which can safely be harvested for nutrition and health support. It is quite scientific in parts but that doesn't detract from what is written.

Brilliant book

I HIGHLY recommend this book.

I love the layout of this book. With lots of glossy pages, colourful illustrations and packed with information it's easy to learn the plants .