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Every household should be familiar with the medicinal properties of common food plants, since many conditions may be treated with inexpensive and often flavorful therapeutics from the fruit bowl or vegetable bin. The more familiar one becomes with the therapeutic values of our everyday plant foods, the better one can understand how these foods can be used as the natural healing agents of organic ailments.
Fruits and vegetables have been used for generations in Europe and North America for their therapeutic properties in both domestic and professional practice. Many cures have been claimed from the proper use of such common foods as apples, grapes, onions, garlic, carrots, beans, and cabbage. Vegetarian Medicines contains a variety of recipes traditionally used for such common complaints as coughs, indigestion, wounds, or skin troubles; and for more serious conditions such as obesity, intestinal disorders, liver and gall bladder complaints, insomnia, and nervousness.
Proper selection and balance of fruits and vegetables, plus correct eating and hygienic habits, provide the basis for prevention of many disorders. All of the plants discussed in Vegetarian Medicines have specific healing properties which help maintain the health of the body or prevent sickness. A number of these are of proven value in furthering the recovery from an ailment, while others exert benefits upon the entire blood stream, thereby benefitting all the organs, bones, and the nervous system to better maintain the overall well-being of the body.
Clarence eventually came back to work with his father at the renamed Indiana Botanic Gardens. He continued operating the botanical business while also writing, editing, illustrating, and advertising for his annual publication, The Herbalist Almanac. In 1978, he passed Indiana Botanic Gardens on to his son David and began writing and illustrating books for publication through his own publishing company, Meyerbooks.
Clarence Meyer died in 1997 after a long life of contributing to western botanical gardening and literature. The family business, Indiana Botanic Gardens, is still in operation with strong sales through both their mail-order catalog and their website, Botanic Choice. While Meyerbooks still maintains much of its catalog, Bright Mountain Books has recently acquired the publishing rights to several of its titles, including Vegetarian Medicines, Rustic Construction, The Book of Corn Cookery, and Old Favorite Honey Recipes.