中文简介：

这是一本全面的百科全书，提供了500多种草药和香料的含义、力量、事实和民间传说。除了精美的插图外，每个条目都提供了草药或香料的学名和俗名、特征，以及来自神话、中世纪传说、民间传说和花诗的历史含义和力量。 你知道在草药混合物中加入五香粉可以吸引金钱或运气吗？或者在家门口撒上箭毒根可以防止客人的负能量进入？在维多利亚时代，解释花卉含义的字典十分流行，这是一种有趣的消遣和艺术，可以巧妙地传达不言而喻的情感。继《插图图解百科全书：花卉》的成功，作者S.Theresa Dietz翻阅了历史资料，并在本书中汇编了一份同样精美的汇编，揭示了世界各地数百种常见和被遗忘的草药和香料的秘密和力量。本书拥有精美的全彩插图和两个索引，一个按常见草药和香料名称搜索，另一个按含义搜索，是园丁、厨师、派对策划者和食品爱好者的理想书籍。

英文简介：

The Complete Language of Herbs is a comprehensive encyclopedia providing the meanings, powers, facts, and folklore for over 500 herbs and spices.Along with a beautiful visual depiction, each entry provides the herb or spice’s scientific and common names, characteristics, and historic meanings and powers from mythology, medieval legends, folklore, and flower poetry. Did you know that allspice can be added to herbal mixtures to attract money or luck? Or that sprinkling arrowroot at the doors of your home will keep guests’ negative energy from entering? Reaching the height of popularity during the Victorian era, floriographies—dictionaries of symbolic flower meanings—were an amusing pastime and art to subtly communicate unspoken emotions. To complement the success of The Complete Language of Flowers, author S. Theresa Dietz has scoured historic sources and compiled an equally beautiful compendium in The Complete Language of Herbs, revealing the secrets and powers of hundreds of common and forgotten herbs and spices from around the world.Together with stunning full-color illustrations and two indexes, one for searching by common herb and spice name and the other organized by meaning, this beautiful reference is a must-have for gardeners, chefs, party planners, and food enthusiasts.