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.
- Article
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.
- Article
Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
- Article
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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Herbals: 17th cent.
Date: Middle 17th centuryReference: MS.345- Archives and manuscripts
Herbals: 15th cent.
Date: c. 1475Reference: MS.334
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Herbals: 15th cent.
Date: Late 15th centuryReference: MS.336- Archives and manuscripts
Herbals, 18th cent.
Date: mid-18th centuryReference: MS.2828- Archives and manuscripts
Herbals: 17th cent.
Date: Middle 17th centuryReference: MS.344
