Title: Hatfield's herbal
First published: 2007
Description: Hatfield's Herbal is the story of how people all over Britain have used its wild plants throughout history, for reasons magical, mystical and medicinal. Gabrielle Hatfield has drawn on a lifetime's knowledge to describe the properties of over 150 native plants, and the customs that surround them: from predicting the weather with seaweed to using deadly nightshade to make ladies' pupils dilate appealingly, and from ensuring a husband's faithfulness with butterbur to warding off witches by planting a rowan tree. Filled with stories, folklore and remedies both strange and practical, this is a memorable and eye-opening guide to the richness of Britain's heritage.
Subjects: Folklore, Herbs, History, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Traditional, Nonfiction, Phytotherapy, Plants, Plants, Medicinal, Science, Therapeutic use, Traditional medicine, Medicinal Plants, Traditional Medicine, Botany, great britain, Herbal Medicine
Places: Great Britain
LC classification: QK99.G7 H38 2007