Grow Your Own Drugs – S02E01
BBC2 – 23 March 2010
1/6 – Garden Herbs
Ethnobotanist James Wong returns with another series packed full of inspiring natural remedies for minor everyday ailments, plus a few luxurious beauty treats to make you look and feel wonderful. James wants us to see beyond the ornamental value of familiar plants and appreciate the role they can play in taking care of our health, and offers horticultural tips on the best plant varieties to select and how to grow and harvest them.
In this opening episode, James sets out to reinvent our perception of common and garden herbs. His simple, cheap but highly original recipes include an angelica stomach soother for indigestion, a fragrant anti-dandruff hair oil, and an insecticidal wormwood and sage repellent to help banish the pesky clothes moth. Members of the public try James’s remedies and are often surprised by the results.
This was great and I still have a bit of a crush on James Wong. I am definitely going to try the wormwood and sage moth repellent as I have a lot of sage and never know what to do with all of it. You can also buy wormwood in Neal’s Yard 🙂
