Remembered Remedies: Scottish Traditional Plant Lore
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1780270046 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Heather Nic an Fhleisdeir said Splendid Little Book Of Ethnobotany. Splendid little book of traditional medicinal plants and wild foods. Perfect for the forager, student of herbalism and ethnobotany, and for those taken with Scottish culture. Lovely, yet scholarly, notations of the exact people who were sources of this information and a. "What a letdown!" according to Carole Stewart. I really thought that I would receive some worthwhile, beneficial information in this book, but I was mistaken. There was absolutely nothing of any real value in it.
She is a also part-time lecturer in Ethnobotany at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and is a member of Council of the Botanical Society of Scotland. She is the co-ordinator in Scotland for Ethnomedica, an oral history archive project based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew that researches the herbal traditions of Britain. . About the AuthorAnne Barker studied at Stanford University, California and St Andrews
Anne Barker studied at Stanford University, California and St Andrews. She is a also part-time lecturer in Ethnobotany at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and is a member of Council of the Botanical Society of Scotland. She is the co-ordinator in Scotland for Ethnomedica, an oral history archive project based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew that researches the herbal traditions of Britain.
Based on the recollections of hundreds of people from all over Scotland, Remembered Remedies is a fascinating insight into the way plants have featured in Scottish life for generations—whether it be collecting seaweed from island shores and using garden vegetables or bottling cordials, making heathier beds and chaff mattresses and using plants for medicinal purposes. Organized by habitat and use (field, meadow and machair; hedgerows and paths; hillsides and moorland; lochs, bogs and wells; seashore; trees and woodland; vegetables and kitchen cures) the book also includes botanical information and full color photographs of over 100 plants. It is ideal for reference and for those who want to identify plants where they grow.