- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Beacon Press; 1 edition (May 11 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0807021091
- ISBN-13: 978-0807021095
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.3 x 21.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #293,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Given the current popularity of nutritional therapy involving certain plants, vegetables and herbs, it would be easy to assume that this approach to good health is based on recent knowledge, yet the recognition that plants have healing properties is older than, well, dirt. The use of aloe to treat burns, or ginger to relieve an upset stomach can be traced to folklore, and readers curious about just how such treatments were discovered in the first place will be illuminated by this translation of Hildegard von Bingen's twelfth-century treatise. A learned nun, poet, prophet, and physician, Hildegard wrote voluminously about medicine and natural science, herein describing some 230 plants with therapeutic qualities. Although its archaic language and questionable logic make it unsuitable for literal application to any modern medical condition, the book can be appreciated by students of herbal folklore as well as those interested in medieval culture. Carol Haggas
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A fun, historical read about many of the medicinal plants that are so popular today. --Herbs for Health, Editor's Pick
"Holds great relevance for today's students of natural healing and plant lore. . . . An interesting and worthwhile addition to the herbal shelf." --NAPRA Review
"Holds great relevance for today's students of natural healing and plant lore. . . . An interesting and worthwhile addition to the herbal shelf." --NAPRA Review
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A natural healing manual by a woman,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hildegard's Healing Plants: From the Medieval Classic Physica (Hardcover)
Before echinacea and homeopathy there was Hildegard and her medieval herb remedies. Hildegard's Healing Plants provides a natural healing manual by a woman who used herbs around her convent in the early 1100s. Listings from her medieval Physica book provide reviews of the various herbs and their properties.
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A slice of a great woman's mind,
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This review is from: Hildegard's Healing Plants: From the Medieval Classic Physica (Hardcover)
Hildegard Von Bingen was a mystic, a musician, a moralist, as well as a poet, playright, and prophet. She added a little science in there, too, and some believe she must have been a physician. She follows the tradition of the time in that created things are composed of four elements: hot or cold, and wet or dry. She then goes on to tell the medicinal uses for over 200 plants. From aloe to oats to valerian, even an opinion on St. John's wort, it is amazing that the same plants continue to be a part of natural healing over 800 years after this book was written. That alone makes the book very interesting...
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A slice of a great woman's mind,
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This review is from: Hildegard's Healing Plants: From the Medieval Classic Physica (Hardcover)
Hildegard Von Bingen was a mystic, a musician, a moralist, as well as a poet, playright, and prophet. She added a little science in there, too, and some believe she must have been a physician. She follows the tradition of the time in that created things are composed of four elements: hot or cold, and wet or dry. She then goes on to tell the medicinal uses for over 200 plants. From aloe to oats to valerian, even an opinion on St. John's wort, it is amazing that the same plants continue to be a part of natural healing over 800 years after this book was written. That alone makes the book very interesting...
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Excellent herbal,
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This review is from: Hildegard's Healing Plants: From Her Medieval Classic Physica (Paperback)
What a good job the author has provided, giving us Hildegard's physic garden products and what they were used for. Very useful as general information as well as historical reference.
7 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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A natural healing manual by a woman,
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hildegard's Healing Plants: From the Medieval Classic Physica (Hardcover)
Before echinacea and homeopathy there was Hildegard and her medieval herb remedies. Hildegard's Healing Plants provides a natural healing manual by a woman who used herbs around her convent in the early 1100s. Listings from her medieval Physica book provide reviews of the various herbs and their properties.
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