Author: Sir E. A. Wallis Budge
Publisher: Dover Publicatio
Keywords: herbalist, origin, divine
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 1996-05-30
List price: $4.95
ISBN-10: 0486291693
ISBN-13: 9780486291697

Famed Egyptologist discusses earliest Orient herbals in Egypt, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria; their role as foundations of Greek herbals and subsequent dissemination through Asia and Europe. Gods as herbalists, divine medicines, water as divine element, oils and unguents, much more. 13 black-and-white illustrations. Index.

Author: Gary Allen
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Keywords: series, food, kitchen, herbalist
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 2007-05-29
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0252031628
ISBN-13: 9780252031625

The foodie’s ultimate herbal encyclopedia Created as the ideal reference for anyone with a serious interest in cooking with herbs, spices, or related plant materials, The Herbalist in the Kitchen is truly encyclopedic in scope. It provides complete information about the uses, botany, toxicity, and flavor chemistry of herbs, as well as a listing for nearly every name that an ingredient is known by around the world. Even including herbs and spices not yet seen in the United States (but likely to be featured in recipes for adventurous cooks soon), The Herbalist in the Kitchen is organized

Author: Gregory L. Tilford
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
Keywords: earth, plants, medicinal, conscious, herbalist, guide
Number of Pages: 249
Published: 1998-12-01
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0878423729
ISBN-13: 9780878423729

As people search for alternative forms of health care, interest in--and exploitation of--medicinal plants is exploding. This new guide, by the author of the popular Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West, teaches readers how to cut through the marketing hype to find the real healing properties of plants in their own backyards. From Earth to Herbalist begins with an overview of the herbalist’s connection with the earth and the principles of ethical wildcrafting, recognizing that the health of plant communities is part of our own well-being. Special sections explain how to keep a field jo

Author: Anna Parkinson
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Keywords: herbalist, charles, parkinson, john, alchemist, nature
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-10-15
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0711227675
ISBN-13: 9780711227675

John Parkinson’s beautiful Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris inspired Anna Parkinson from an early age. Who was this man who wrote so engagingly about plants? Was he a relation, as her father believed? And why was so little known about a man who was a key influence on the flowering of the English garden in the 17th century? Intrigued, she set out to find the answers. Now, for the first time, John Parkinson can be seen as a man whose story reveals the excitement and agony of those turbulent times. His lifelong passion for plants was bound up with the new dawn of scientific enquiry an

Authors:Nancy Phillips, Michael Phillips, Rosemary Gladstar,
Publisher: Chelsea Green
Keywords: plant, medicines, chelsea, healing, practice, way, art, herbalist
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2005-08-19
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1931498768
ISBN-13: 9781931498760

This updated edition of The Village Herbalist provides a complete guide to the art and practice of herbalism, as well as an introduction to the herbalist’s role in family and community life. Inspirational profiles of practicing herbalists from across the country add a human touch to the authors’ wealth of practical herbal knowledge. The Herbalist’s Way includes time-honored healing wisdom from many cultures, as well as information on: • Roles and responsibilities of herbalists in their communities • Herbal workshops, conferences, and education centers • Growing, drying

Authors:Brian Morris, Jerome Msonthi,
Publisher: Lit Verlag
Keywords: malawi, medicinal, tradition, plants, part, amp, herbalist, chewa, botany, study, herbalism, southern, medical
Number of Pages: 568
Published: 1995-12-31
List price: $84.95
ISBN-10: 3825826376
ISBN-13: 9783825826376