Back to Eden By J. Kloss - Medicinal Plant Book Review
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- Back to Eden by J. Kloss is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive books on medicinal plants and herbs but it does come with some drawbacks. In this review we discuss the good things about this book and the bad things about this book. We will also look through some of the sections in the book and discuss the contents inside. When looking at Back to Eden we notice it is very thick, about 900 pages thick. The majority of the book talks about herbs and plants for medicine and gives very detailed information on preparing wild medicine as well as specific recipes for various ailments. Some sections of Back to Eden are organized alphabetically which really helps you to find what you're looking for. The book contains an index to the plants contained inside as well as a regular index in the back. Back to Eden also contains a glossary to old fashioned medical terms and modern medical terms for herbal medicine. This is helpful for comparing terms used in different books from different time periods.
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I have the original version and used many times on my family keeping from needing a doctor. Great book.
Please may you send a picture of the original copy you have. Thank you
Hi, where can I purchase the original copy?
Great review 👏 👌 gracias muchas.
Hello how can I get the original version
My Mom used that book a lot in the 70’s! Later, I got my own copy when I got my own place. Mr. Kloss was truly a naturopath, and that field is ever expanding. I like that he took time to learn Native uses for herbs. Many of these treatments were used effectively long before modern medicine.
Hi, where can I purchase the original copy?
I read that years ago, changed my diet completely. Worked at health co-ops and health food restaurant. Then I went astray. Had kids and started drinking coffee/cappuccino’s. After 30 years of caffeine addiction I just took myself off of caffeine and began eating better, juicing, smoothies. I feel 1000% better now.
One step at a time friend. It's amazing how much eating better makes us feel! Glad you're working on improving your health, it's exceptionally important!
Somebody should just read this book for TH-cam
Do it
Thank you for reviewing this book. My grandmother had a copy back in the 70's. She used it to treat some of the ailments that her grandkids had. I remember she made me a tea to help cure a urinary tract infection that I had.
This book opened my interest into medicinal herbs for myself. In the future I'm wanting to obtain a copy and some others to go along with it.
Yeah, there are a lot of good recipes in this book and that's one of the reasons I bought it. Thanks for commenting and sharing your experiences Mary!
Mary go to eBay to get a cheap copy of this book
By any chance do you remember how the tea was made ? Or where in the book can one find this
Love this book. Used it for about 50 years but it is lacking when it comes to plant identification. A must-have for every library.
Im glad Jethro Kloss loved our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ It made me glad that I got the book my Mom had the boom the Man knew what He was talking about Thanks for the review 😊
Josh, raw grated potato, inside muslin cloth, applied to infected area draws out all kinds of things! from splinters to.... yup puss out of boils, ancient remedy!!! now carrot I am not familiar with.
Ive been meaning to tell you- for the better part of a year- that out of ALL the many wild edible and medicinal tutorials yours are the best. You give all the pertinate information and showing close ups of each feature. There are many that do plants that you dont that i wished you did. They talk of the same featurea but you show them close up making it much easier to see the minute distinctions. Thank you for your attention to detail. Keep up the good work. I look forward to all of your videos.
Thank you so much Angie, it really means a lot to me that you think so. If you don't mind me asking, what are some plants you'd like to see me do?
@@TrilliumWildEdibles I'll get back to you.
I live in Washington state so i have to double check to see if they grow in your neck of the woods.
So far, all that you've shown with the exception of spice bush i've found here. Id love to get a start of that. I love allspice.
Ah, you won't be finding Spicebush in your area because it only grows in the Eastern US. I'm sure it could probably be grown there but it'd probably have to be indoors, though I'm not sure.
@@TrilliumWildEdibles i know thats why id love a start. Im pretty sure it can be grown here just that it hasnt made it here yet. With a couple of starts i could experiment with indoor and outdoor. Ive grown plants and trees where they hadnt grown before.
Epic share bro! I'm really interested in this book. The method of gardening I use is called the "back to Eden" method. Also known as the "lasagna" or "layering" method. It's so efficient. I'm gonna have to get this book for my library for sure. Thanks alot for sharing your review on this. I really appreciate it, and i'm always looking forward to your next video!
You're welcome man! It's a pretty good book and it covers a lot more than what I showed here. I've heard of the lasagna gardening method before and I know a lot of people like it so it's cool to hear you like it too. Nice to see you as always bro!
my grandmother had this book when l was young it always is on her kitchen table thank you
Ah, Back to Eden, one of the classics that everyone should own, for sure! Josh, I see someone has already mentioned this but I second their comment - grated potato makes an excellent poultice for drawing out infection or splinters. Let's face it, not everyone has a supply of herbs on hand but just about everyone has a potato! And I have no doubt carrot works as well. Vegetables and fruits are herbs, after all (herb just means plant) and when you think about it we have lots of remedies based on them - garlic for infections, onions for coughs, prunes for constipation etc. So don't discount these things too quickly.
Kloss has to be read with the time that he was writing taken into account. Christian beliefs were far more prevalent in his day than they are now.
By the way, re Culpeper, the reason he was so vilified in his day was because the doctors of the time felt he would put them out of a job by teaching people to make their own remedies. Sound familiar? lol. He's a bit tough for some people to read, it's like reading Shakespeare, but definitely worth the effort. He uses astrology in some very interesting ways as well.
If you're reviewing books, you really MUST look into Matthew Wood, Josh!! Start with The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism, it will blow your mind :-)
Love your videos. Thank you for doing the work that you do. Very cool.
Respect.
I read the original book cover to cover and found it most interesting!
Hey Josh! Good to see your post! Thanks
Hey Don, you're welcome man! Always good to have you here!
Good to know. It sounds like a book that would be used to broaden medicinal plant knowledge.
Video request: How about a video that shows your favorite books for beginners especially when it comes to identification. Preferably one that identifies range, so as to not wrongly identify a plant that does not commonly exist in that location.
Thanks.
Now looking at your older videos to see if that has already been done ;-)
....Looks like a useful books video about a year ago. Watching now. Thanks.
..... Yeah! Lots of videos on books and plant ID for beginners. Thanks!
Yeah there are hundreds of pages in this book dedicated to plants for medicines and different recipes, it's pretty amazing in that regard.
I'm glad you found the videos you were looking for, I have quite a few videos on my channel but if there is a video you'd like to see let me know and I'll see if I can do it. Thanks for commenting Mike!
Been looking for this book for a couple of years. Out of print
Thank you for sharing a review
Praying that someone does an audible....session will take notes
If you’ve not found a copy, I have a pdf I would be happy to share
Did you find one?
@@user-tx2rc2ft6w yes I have a pdf copy. But I don’t think I can attach here, but I could certainly email it to you or I’m on telegram. If you suggest an easy way to get it to you, I’d be more than happy to.
Thank you
What book would you recommend for someone trying to create a library of important knowledge?
I am in Africa Botswana, and i found it in my late father's book collection. it is very insightful. Anyone selling herb seeds anywhere in the world talk to me.
Go to eBay for herbs
great informational book
Very interesting seeing this book for the first time ever ,only last week l was saying to a friend if god did not make it don't take it , also there is everything here every plant and herb for curing any illness or disease . thank you ! Steve UK
😯😯😍😍 Thank you
I have the original hardbound & that your holding amazing herbal book
0:26 now.... Ol' Jethro was criticized as being a quack. (Wiki flippin peedy-a) Rumor Control has it that this book was poo-poo'd and treated as dang near witchcraft because big Pharm gets cut from the mix immediately.
I came across this book in the 80s I had got from a grocery store called sparkle market.
My favorite book next to the Bible
My husband has this book. I Loved the fact it was religious based. Stand for something~or stand for nothing.
Hey that's great you enjoyed that aspect of it! It is a very good book.
I love this book
Just ordered my book…
Do you have the PDF of this book.Back to eden
Please let me know if you managed to get the PDF copy of this book. STAY BLESSED
I have a pdf I’d be happy to share, don’t think I can post here but let me know and we can figure it out!
Sería bueno audio libro en español de este
I have an old copy of that book. I remember that it was not detailed enough to identify some plants from similar ones that were not good. I always like my fieldbook of natural history best. I am sure there are better ones than that with locations, comparisons and full color pictures.
Post the best Wild Edible 📖 book here ⬇
It can be in Spanish?
Don't be put off potato poltices, they work very well.
Some of the treatments in this book can be dangerous. IE the treatment for syphilis. Why chance it? I’ve owned the book for many years. I purchased both issues.
Oh definitely. I never recommend treating serious ailments yourself. Herbal medicine is great for things like colds, headaches, cuts, nausea, etc.
Books like this can give us a good idea of the history of herbal medicine though.
Any treatment can be also, IE ,Radiation ,,kidney Spinal tap
Edit... I removed my original comment as it was in bad taste and only a reflection of my own frustration. Apologies to you and anyone else who may have seen it... Peace
I'll just disregard the first part of your comment.
Not every plant book needs to have identification. As a matter of fact, it's better to have a few books for identification and several that focus on how to use the plants. There's no reason to limit yourself because you have unrealistic expectations of what a plant book should contain.
@@TrilliumWildEdibles
My apologies for my mean and hurtful comment. Bad manners on my part. I will delete it. Please understand in my opinion, without proper, accurate identification of medicinal use of plants, people ( through their own ignorance ) mis-identify and consume the wrong plants. This then enables governments to enact restrictions, laws and bans on the helpful medicinal plants. Not to mention reclassification and more information filtration instead of promoting education which could stop toxic spraying and wrongly classifying plants as bad, toxic weeds, invasive and further contributing to their extinction... Just sayin... Again, please accept my apology for my bad manners... Peace.
"Prepared fresh everyday", --- fresh infusion, not fresh herb. Make infusion daily (from dry herb), whereas tincture is made for the long haul.
This is my biggest stumbling block, taking the short time daily to make infusion. I wish I could do that for whole bunches of folks, make gallons of daily infusion vs wage slavery... Mehbe one day
Ah that makes more sense, don't know why I didn't think of that but thanks for pointing it out Andrew!
Andrew, Infusions are pretty easy to make fresh; daily or every other day, because with refrigeration you can hold them over for a day. Oat straw, nettle, comfrey,... yup got to weigh the dry plant matter and pour hot water over, cap, let sit 4 hours minimum or over night. If I make a quart I pour half to drink in the morning the rest goes in the fridge, for later or the next day. Infusions are easy :) If people buy it, hey that would be cool!!!!!!
@@kleineroteHex yes yes, the quart process ---- like a song to my heart, my greatest ally these nourishing infusions.
As simple as that is, it can't be rushed. This procrastinator needs his butt spanked haha! I haven't had a proper quart in over a week. I would so gladly pay someone even say $10 for one.
But for my plan, I will focus on charity in local community. Vs sales. Reach out to acquaintances for a path, I know a giving powerhouse or 2 that would entertain my wacky desire ....
Now to make a danged infusion for tomorrow! Yes!
@@druvoca oh , I feel partly sorry for you and then I am really amused, you are funny! But I better go make my own infusion... you know, if you have a few quart jars you can do they weighing of the herbs all at once! If you use different herbs you might have to label them, but you can have them all lined up so all you have to do every night is pour boiling water into one.
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A carrot poultice most certainly does heal an abscess! I have seen it do so. This commentator has no foundation to his rediclous statement to the contrary.
How can any book consider itself a legitimate book about herbs and not mention anything about the Chinese (Particularly in a historical context)? So many of today’s medicines were actually discovered by the Chinese! I guess this book is strictly an Anglo-centric book about herbs and not a broader, more accurate book about herbs and their history.
He mentions chinese
I found this video a bit Critical.