A Garden of Herbs: Traditional Uses of Herbs in Scotland - Hardcover

Walker, Agnes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1902831551 ISBN 13: 9781902831558

Publisher: Argyll Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Are you interested in herbs and herbal medicine? Then A Garden of Herbs may be just the book for you.
There is an ever increasing use of herbs in the kitchen and medicine cabinet. Is this good or bad? Not all medicinal herbs are safe, some being powerful drugs especially when used with other medicines.
In A Garden of Herbs, Agnes Walker investigates the evidence. Many of the herbs still used today are of great antiquity and herbs described have been grown or used traditionally over many centuries. There is an account of early medical traditions. Sections are included on herbs of aromatic and cosmetic value and on plants used in the dyeing of natural fibres.
Agnes Walker's interest in herbs grew out of her botanical studies. She holds a master's degree awarded for the study of the history of plants in Scotland and a doctorate for her later studies in cancer research. She became botanist at Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, and she often broadcasts and lectures on botanical subjects.

About this title

From the Back Cover

"Few Scots will have heard of the Highland dynasties of physicians such as the Beatons, who for hundreds of years were doctors to the Scottish Kings and the Lords of the Isles. Few Scots or visitors will know of the use of coriander, as a spice or a medicine, by the Roman troops when they occupied the fort at Bearsden, northwest of Glasgow, nearly two thousand years ago. In this engaging little book you can read about these and other matters as well as about dye plants and aromatic and cosmetic herbs."
James H. Dickson, Professor of Plant Science, University of Glasgow.

Edition details

• Publisher: Argyll Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1902831551
• ISBN 13: 9781902831558
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192