From the Wild

Heidi Merika is a qualified naturopath and medical herbalist with a passion for wild medicinal and nutritional plants. She has lectured in nutrition and herbal medicine at RMIT University, Endeavour College of Natural Health and the University of the Sunshine Coast. With more than two decades of industry experience, she has also been running courses and workshops on plant medicine, wildcrafting, herbal medicine and plant-based nutrition both in person and online since 2012. She was involved in the menopause program at Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital and is a regular guest speaker at conferences and gatherings. Her work combines her knowledge of natural health as it relates to nutrition, medicine, spiritual growth, environmentalism, creativity and the joy of living. Her first book, Wildcraft: The Science and Spirit of Wild Plants as Food and Medicine, was published in 2019. She lives on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Introduction



Part 1: Wildcrafting
Welcome to wildcrafting



Part 2: Using wild plants for food & medicine
Medicine-making fundamentals
Herb guide
Equipment
Ingredients & raw materials


Part 3: Recipes
Amaranth
Asthma weed
Blackberry nightshade
Blue top
Broadleaf plantain
Cat's ear
Chickweed
Chinese mugwort
Cleavers
Clover, white
Cobbler's pegs
Dandelion
Dock
Fat hen
Fennel
Gotu kola
Herb robert
Lantana
Mallow
Nasturtium
Nettle
Nodding top
Oxalis
Prickly pear
Purslane
Ribwort
Sow thistle
St John's wort
Tropical chickweed
Wild raspberry


References
Acknowledgements
Index