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Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine [Paperback]

Barbara Griggs (Author)
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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company; revised edition edition (1 Oct 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0892817275
  • ISBN-13: 978-0892817276
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"Here are the highs and lows, the compassion and the competition and the pain and the joys of 2000 plus years of western herbal medicine. Well-written and extensive."

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Newly revised to include the latest developments in the field of herbal medicine, this classic bestseller presents a fascinating account of the ideas, personalities, advances, and vicissitudes that have shaped the course of medicine and pharmacology in the Western world. The author provides an eloquent and engaging account of the use of herbal medicine from prehistoric times to the present, reaffirming the incalculable value of medicinal plants in the healing arts. She presents a strong case for the cyclical emergence of alternative medicine at times (such as our own) when allopathic methods of treatment have lost their safety and efficacy.
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47 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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Anyone who has an interest in the development of medicine, philosophy of healing, or the politics of who is allowed to heal and why, cannot help but be uplifted and angered by this book.

Griggs is an excellent writer, and she has given a clear and sobering account of mankind's relationship with medicinal plants from pre-history. She looks at developments of a philosophy of healing, and charts the unfortunate history of conflicts between those who sought to empower their patients, and to demystify healing (often a female tradition) and those who sought to make a lot of money out of 'healing'. This latter group had a vested interest in making 'healing' something which only they could 'do' for someone else, and therefore the methods of healing had to be difficult, rare, costly - and often downright dangerous.

She contrasts the philosophy of herbalists such as Nicholas Culpeper, and his use of 'simples' with apothecaries who were using a whole range of far flung exotic substances, often engaged in 'heroic' practices such as bleeding, purging, cupping etc.

There is a sobering account of the outlawing of herbal treatment in this country - and of course many many parallels to be drawn between the earlier conflicts between 'wise women/'witch' herbal practitioners and 'educated' professionals with often some pretty newfangled, untried remedies - and the modern conflicts between herbal medicines and the big pharmaceutical giants.

Parallels between the use of mercury and arsenic in large (not homeopathic doses) in the 17th/18th century, which often killed the patient, and, for example, unopposed oestrogen being put on the market as the absolute to be desired for menopausal women - and 10-15 years down the line, the link between ORT and endometrial cancer, anyone? Thalidomide? Valium? etc. etc.

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A lovely read 1 Dec 2009
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This book is an excellent overview of the history of herbal medicine. It is easy to read making it an enjoyable book to just read.
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Finding affordable medicine 14 Oct 2000
By George W. Fisk - Published on Amazon.com
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The sick and suffering in the USA who are appalled by current high prices for their medication will be amazed to learn this struggle has been unceasing throughout human history. Barbara Griggs describes how for many centuries inexpensive herbal remedies were fostered by women who were unable to afford the costly medicines or services of established doctors. For current times, the author explains,"The quiet revolution which is gradually bringing plants back to centre-stage is patient rather than doctor-driven. It is patients who may be bankrupted by the cost of medical treatment, if they are not lucky enough to be clients of a generous national health service"pg.369 An outraged public is making this a major concern of the presidential election. To intelligently deal with our current medical dilemma, read and absorb this studiously prepared history of ways of healing.
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Well researched book! 8 Aug 2001
By "westnet" - Published on Amazon.com
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Green Pharmacy is one of the best books to read on the history of Herbalism and its connections to medical treatments. I liked it because it clearly explains how the principal constituent when isolated for conventional medicinal purposes, can cause harmful side effects. The book reveals that using herbs as a whole plant is more beneficial. A very educational book.
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An Excellent Resource! 15 Sep 2000
By Christina Paul - Published on Amazon.com
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Ms. Van Der Zee has written a book that is quite fascinating! For me this particular book was required reading, but Im actually glad that it was because I learned a great deal about the history of herbal and general medicine throughout the millenia. The history and facts are interesting and higly readable. Ms. Van Der Zee makes you want to keep reading. Green Pharmacy is a book that is not only a "must read" but a definite "must own".
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