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The untold history of healing : plant lore and medicinal magic from the stone age to present / Wolf D. Storl.

by Storl, Wolf-Dieter.

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North Atlantic Books, 2017.

Traditional medicine -- History.

Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- History.

9781623170936 (pbk.)

Uz-Medizin. English.

Alternate title:

history of healing : plant lore and medicinal magic from the stone age to present

334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Originally published as Ur-Medizin by AT Verlag. Translated fromt the original German by Annabelle Moynihan"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A sweeping journey from the Stone Age to modern times, showing that Western medicine has its origins not in the academic tradition of doctors and pharmacists, but in the healing lore of Paleolithic hunters and gatherers, herding nomads, and the early sedentary farmers. Anthropologist and ethnobotanist Wolf D. Storl vividly describes the many ways that ancient peoples have used the plants in their immediate environment, along with handed-down knowledge and traditions, to treat the variety of ailments they encountered in daily life. Born in Saxony, Germany, Wolf D. Storl, PhD, is an ethnobotanist and the author of some two dozen books on herbalism, alternative medicine, ethnobotany, and shamanism."--Provided by publisher.

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