Nature’s Medicine Plants That Heal - Joel L. Swerdlow

Natures Medicine Plants That Heal: A chronicle of mankinds search for healing plants through the ages - Joel L. Swerdlow

For thousands of years, indeed, for all of human history except for the past 50 to 70 years in Western societies, plants have been our chief source of medicine.

The fascinating story that unfolds in the pages of this book is much more than a catalog of natural cures. Equal parts scientific inquiry and cultural history, it's nothing less than a chronicle of the healer's art as it evolved from folk remedies to modern science. It's also an account of humanity's continuing quest to discover new medicines and to unravel the complex and often deeply mysterious interactions between the biochemistry of plants and the human body.

Featuring some 200 full-color photographs, period illustrations from old medical texts, and watercolors illustrating a catalog of 102 healing herbs, Natures Medicine is at once a vivid historical chronicle, a valuable compendium of healers lore, and a revealing excursion into the world of plants whose power to cure has been known for millennia but is only beginning to be understood.

By: Joel L. Swerdlow

Publisher: National Geographic

Pages: 400

Dimensions: ± 28 cm x 23.5 cm

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition Excellent.