Very Generous Things, Plants - We Don’t Deserve Them, Really
Aeon Books Ltd (Verlag)
9781801522090 (ISBN)
In its coverage of humoral medicine, materia medica, and the importance of knowing the living plants that herbal medicines are made from, Very Generous Things Plants - We Don't Deserve Them Really is a companion volume to Plant Medicine.
However, while Plant Medicine is a collection of teaching materials, this volume provides the reader with a healthy dose of Christopher’s “gentle teaching style and his child-like curiosity”, which enables readers, whether they be students, herbalists or other plant lovers, to grasp the living knowledge of the herbal tradition.
Christopher Hedley (1946-2017) was a Fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, and taught herbal medicine at all levels, from beginners to MSc in Herb Schools across the UK and the USA, specialising in material medica and pharmacy. Guy Waddell PhD fHEA MNIMH is a herbalist and educator who lives and works in London. He is Director of Studies at Heartwood Education, which provides foundation and professional level courses in herbal medicine. Previously, he was a lecturer in herbal medicine in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Westminster. He has authored The Enchantment of Western Herbal Medicine: herbalists, plants and nonhuman agency (Aeon Books, 2020). He has a particular interest in how humans and plants know each other and what may come of this.
Foreword by bendle
Introduction by Guy Waddell
Roots—Resourcing humoral thinking for plant medicine
THE CHOLERIC HUMOUR
THE SANGUINE HUMOUR
THE PHLEGMATIC HUMOUR
THE MELANCHOLY HUMOUR
THE HUMOURS TOGETHER
Flowers—Materia medica for plant medicine
ARTIST’S BRACKET (Ganoderma applanatum) AND OTHER GANODERMA SPECIES
ASTRAGALUS (Astragalus mongholicus syn. A. membranaceus)
BALM, LEMON BALM (Melissa officinalis)
BITTERSWEET (Solanum dulcamara)
BONESET (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
BORAGE (Borago officinalis)
CAYENNE (Capsicum annuum syn. C. frutescens)
CHASTE BERRY (Vitex agnus-castus)
COMFREY (Symphytum officinale)
CRAMP BARK (Viburnum opulus)
ECHINACEA, CONEFLOWER (Echinacea spp.)
ELECAMPANE (Inula helenium)
EPHEDRA (Ephedra sinica)
FENNEL (Foeniculum vulgare)
FIGWORT (Scrophularia nodosa and S. aquatica)
FLY AGARIC (Amanita muscaria)
GARLIC (Allium sativum)
GINKGO (Ginkgo biloba)
GOAT’S RUE (Galega officinalis)
GOLDEN SEAL (Hydrastis canadensis), BARBERRY (Berberis vulgaris), MAHONIA (Berberis aquifolium)
GREATER CELANDINE (Chelidonium majus)
HAWTHORN (Crataegus spp.)
HERB BENNET, WOOD AVENS (Geum urbanum)
HOPS (Humulus lupulus)
JUNIPER (Juniperus communis)
KELP (including Fucus vesiculosus)
LADY’S MANTLE (Alchemilla vulgaris, A. mollis, and other species)
LILY OF THE VALLEY (Convallaria majalis)
LIME FLOWERS (Tilia spp.)
MAYWEED (Anthemis cotula)
MILK THISTLE (Silybum marianum Syn. Carduus marianus) and other thistles
MOTHERWORT (Leonurus cardiaca)
MUGWORT (Artemisia vulgaris)
MYRHH (Commiphora molmol)
NETTLE (Urtica dioica)
PASSION FLOWER (Passiflora incarnata)
PELLITORY OF THE WALL (Parietaria judaica)
PEPPERMINT (Mentha piperita)
PLANTAIN (Plantago major, P. lanceolata)
POLYPODY OF THE OAK (Polypodium vulgare)
PRICKLY ASH (Zanthoxylum americanum)
RASPBERRY LEAF (Rubus ideaus)
RHUBARB (Rheum officinale, R. palmatum)
ROSE (Rosa spp.)
ROSEBAY WILLOWHERB, FIREWEED (Epilobium angustifolium)
ROSEMARY (Salvia rosmarinus syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)
SAGE (Salvia officinalis)
SKULLCAP (Scutellaria lateriflora and S. galericulata)
ST JOHN’S WORT (Hypericum perforatum)
VALERIAN (Valerian officinalis)
VERVAIN (Verbena officinalis)
WORMWOOD (Artemisia absinthium)
Seeds—Living plants and philosophy of practice for plant medicine
My favourite bit
It’s wonderful
It’s a good exercise
Spending time
You can actually make it up
Three inches off the ground
Always
Totally possible
Donuts
Tradition and direct knowing
Feel better
Three names
Why do you ask?
You’re my best friend
Canadian Fleabane on a busy road
Choosing herbs
When with patients
The third floor of the Natural History Museum
A very good understanding of biochemistry
Make a tea
Pushed down
Anybody could have done it
The plants themselves
It won’t let me use it
The way she uses the herb
Even you and me
Slingbacks or open-toed sandals
Make it up as you go along
Two rules in herbal medicine
Become a different person
All that matters
Shut both eyes
Your own
Best medicine
You just describe it
I want to be a Victorian vicar
Egg-sucking
Studying the herb itself
In search of a trunk
Up until that point
Storing sunsets
How the plant is in the world
How it be
Adopting ancestors
Ineffable mystery
More baggy here
I shouldn’t worry
Most together
One degree under
Get below
Really
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.07.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde ► Phytotherapie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781801522090 / 9781801522090 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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