{"product_id":"the-herbal-lore-of-wise-wolf-d-storl-9781583943588","title":"The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners: The Healing Power of Medicinal Plants","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wolf D. Storl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1583943587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781583943588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2012 pg. 44","brand":"Wolf D. Storl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045070008575,"sku":"9781583943588","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37228c69-d5c9-4071-be56-045c686e20ac.jpg?v=1684976557","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-herbal-lore-of-wise-wolf-d-storl-9781583943588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}