With few exceptions, our ancestors did not store their cooking, medicinal, and magical herbs separately.

If the lady of the house needed a pinch of cinnamon for a sweet treat, she reached for the same cinnamon she would use in a warm drink to ease a child's cold.

That same herb would be used in a spell to ignite passion in her husband.

Today should be no different.

In this book, Master Herbalist Deborah Martin details sixty-nine herbs that will do triple duty, whether in your cooking pot, medicine chest or cauldron.