{"title":"Matthew Seal","description":"Matthew Seal has worked as an in-house and freelance editor and writer for books, magazines, and newspapers. He co-authored Backyard Medicine, Backyard Medicine for All, and The Herbalist's Bible.","products":[{"product_id":"the-big-book-of-backyard-medicine-the-ultimate-guide-to-home-grown-herbal-remedies-paperback","title":"The Big Book of Backyard Medicine: The Ultimate Guide to Home-Grown Herbal Remedies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Most Thorough Compilation of Home Cures and Remedies Yet!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Years ago, every household practiced natural healing by using what they had. Plants grow abundantly all over our roadsides, cities, and in your own backyard, and though once valued and widely used, they've fallen out of fashion over time as people forget the numerous medicinal uses at our fingertips. 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