Barbara Griggs

Green Pharmacy

The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An eloquent and engaging account of the use of herbal medicine from prehistoric times to the present. Newly revised to include the latest developments in the field of herbal medicine, this classic bestseller presents a fascinating account of the ideas that have shaped the course of medicine and pharmacology in the Western world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780892817276
• ISBN-10: 0892817275
• Artikelnr.: 21710914

Autorenporträt

Barbara Griggs (1932–2022) was a renowned journalist and researcher in the field of herbalism.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the Second Edition by Michael McIntyre
Foreword by Norman Farnsworth
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Medicine of Mankind
2. Medicine in Transition
3. The New Disease and the New Medicine
4. The Revolutionary
5. The Quacks' Charter
6. 'All Manner of Minerals'
7. 'Galen or Paracelsus?'
8. The Seventeenth-Century Superwoman
9. Indian Physic
10. 'Horrid Electuaries'
11. 'Systematic Slaughter'
12. The English Practice
13. The Foxglove Saga
14. Heroic Medicine
15. Roots and Herbs
16. Botanic Warfare
17. The Age of Calomel
18. 'Coffinism'
19. Dr. Coffin versus Dr. Skelton
20. Fruitless Medication
21. Regulars and Rivals
22. Magic Bullets
23. Return to Nature
24. The Price of Miracles
25. The French Lesson
26. Into Europe
27. Phytomedicines
28. 'The Green People'
29. Burning the Library of Amazonia
30. Herbal Futures
Notes
Bibliography
Index