Grow Your Own Drugs – S01E04
BBC2 – 23 March 2009
1/4 – Herbs
Most people use herbs to give food a bit of extra taste and flavour, but in this episode, ethnobotanist James Wong explores their more traditional use in helping treat a range of minor everyday ailments, from cold sores and insect bites to bad breath. Sufferers try them out to see if these natural remedies help relieve their symptoms. James also uses peppermint to whip up a fragrant homemade body scrub.
Another great episode, I love me some herbs. I guess wherever I go I always end up with herbs in the garden, usually it’s the first thing I buy. I do use them in cooking and I do love them in gardens but I haven’t really used them a lot in other ways, dried lavender and essential oils aside that is.
