Stories
- In pictures
Herbal medicines and the early modern menopause
Held responsible for their own “rebellious distempers” – or menopausal symptoms – women had no choice but to keep quiet and resort to unpalatable concoctions in the hope of relief, as Julia Nurse explains.
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Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep
For people of Polish origin in the UK, herbal tea is closely tied to health and shared history. Kasia Tomasiewicz explores her changing relationship to these tea-related cultural habits.
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What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
Catalogue
- Books
- Online
Herbal Medicine.
Tyler, Virginia M.Date: 2013- Books
Herbal Medicine : herbal medicine harnesses the powerful healing properties of plants to restore health. It is the oldest and most widely used form of medicine in the world today / Boots.
Boots Company.Date: [1994?]- Books
Herbal Medicine : herbal medicine harnesses the powerful healing properties of plants to restore health. It is the oldest and most widely used form of medicine in the world today / Boots.
Boots Company.Date: [1993]- Books
Herbal medicine in paediatrics : translation of a Thai Book of Genesis / by Jean Mulholland.
Date: [1989], ©1989- Books
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Principles of Chinese Herbal Medicine.
Hicks, JohnDate: 2013