{"product_id":"the-herbal-lore-of-wise-women-and-wortcunners-the-healing-power-of-medicinal-plants-paperback","title":"The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners: The Healing Power of Medicinal Plants - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWolf D. Storl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRosemary Gladstar\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"deep excursion into the heart of herbalism\" pulls back the curtain on centuries of herbal medicine and offers an inventory of useful plants for the modern herb gardener or homesteader (Rosemary Gladstar)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraditional herbalists or wise women were not only good botanists or pharmacologists; they were also shamanic practitioners and keepers of occult knowledge about the powerful properties of plants. Traveling back to the healing arts of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, \u003ci\u003eThe Herbal Lore of Wise Women\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Wortcunners \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers deep into this world, through the leechcraft of heathen society and witches' herb bundles to the cloister gardens of the Middle Ages. It also examines herbal medicine today in the traditional Chinese apothecary, the Indian ayurvedic system, homeopathy, and Native American medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBalancing the mystical with the practical, author Wolf Storl explains how to become an herbalist, from collecting material to distilling and administering medicines. He includes authoritative advice on herb gardening, as well as a holistic inventory of plants used for purposes both benign and malign, from herbs for cooking, healing, beauty, and body care to psychedelic plants, witches' salves for opening alternative realities, and poisonous herbs that can induce madness or cause death. Storl also describes traditional \"women's plants\" and their uses: dyeing cloth, spinning and weaving, or whipping up love potions. \u003ci\u003eThe Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners \u003c\/i\u003eis written for professional and amateur herbalists as well as gardeners, urban homesteaders, and plantspeople interested in these rich ancient traditions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolf D. Storl\u003c\/b\u003e is a cultural ecologist and university professor who has conducted research and taught in the United States, India, Mexico, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and much of Europe. As an anthropologist his area of research is shamanism and healing in traditional societies with a focus on the role of plants in all aspects of life, including sacred symbolism, magic, medicine, foods, and poisons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of more than two dozen books in German and English including \u003ci\u003eHealing Lyme Disease Naturally, \u003c\/i\u003ehe lives with his family and a number of pets in the forested foothills of the Alps in southern Germany, where he gardens, collects herbs, conducts ethnobotanical studies and writes his books.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771320074528,"sku":"9781583943588","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/29fb8f28adc897552cfcaf3a2fbad63d.webp?v=1780384569","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-herbal-lore-of-wise-women-and-wortcunners-the-healing-power-of-medicinal-plants-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}