Women healers of the world
Subtitle: the traditions, history, and geography of herbal medicine
By: Holly Bellebuono ; foreword by Rosemary Gladstar ; watercolor art by Tracy Thorpe
Contributors: Gladstar, Rosemary, writer of foreword; Thorpe, Tracy (Watercolorist), illustrator
Edition: 2017 edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781510717367
Subjects: Dictionaries; Women healers; Biography
Description: "The recent trend toward holistic living has heightened our national fascination with herbal remedies and less conventional therapies such as acupuncture, yoga, aromatherapy, and ethnobotany. Women Healers of the World shares with readers an extraordinary variety of healing plants from around the world that have inspired today's 'alternative' medicine, as well as the stories, challenges, and triumphs of remarkable women healers from the past and present--all of whom promote the use of medicinal herbs"--Back cover.
Notes: Edition statement taken from page xiii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.