Each entry is made with careful and experimental basis to prove whether or not these herbs have any beneficial effects on the human ailments. Modern herbal is a kind of encyclopedia that covers each and every herb, grass shrub, fungus, and tree which can be thought. The modern herbs cover the vast variety from Abscess Root to zedoary. The herbs were tested for their medicinal prosperities, anatomies, and botanical classification. The author Mrs. Greives has been successful in combining a kind of encyclopedia of the modern herbal plants more than 800 varieties.
These entries were made neatly and are filled with limitless amount of information on the methods like cultivation, chemical constituents, and dosages, preparation of extracts, tincture and food. Along with these uses, they are also used for cosmetic purposes to beautify the face and other body organs. The modern herbal book contains recipes of lotion, ointment, sauces, wines, vinegar, brandies, and even prescription of tonics and liniments to encounter any ailment which can hit human life.