Hello friends and welcome to the mini edit from Edit Your Life.

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It's hard to believe we are cruising towards the end of November, but here we are, so let's get

to some micro delights.

My first one is related to my glorious witch episode, which I happened to release on Halloween last month.

And my friend Brady turned me on to this medicinal herbs book. It is by Rosemary Gladstar

and is called Medicinal Herbs, a beginner's guide. I asked for this book for my birthday,

and it is just the perfect guidebook for my brain.

Specifically, it has color pictures, which is really helpful for my ongoing work on plant

identification. The book also starts with a bunch of basics, including things like

base recipes for medical infusions, decoctions,

syrup,

oil, salves,

tinctures,

pills,

and external treatments like baths,

poultices,

and compresses.

And then it goes into a section on nine

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