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The Physick Garden de Alice Smith

The Physick Garden

Autor Alice Smith
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 apr 2022
The intriguing tales of the plants that have been used to heal and cure our bodies - from ancient superstitions to old wives' tales that worked. Here are the ancient cures for modern maladies... Since the dawn of history, people have used plants as remedy. But were the Victorians dicing with death when they dropped angel's trumpet in their tea? Can comfrey really be used to heal broken bones? And can St John's Wort scare away more than bad spirits? Taking you around the body, from the brain to the bowels, The Physick Garden introduces 80 plants with curious medicinal pasts. With surreal illustrations and lively tales, The Physick Garden will show thatsometimes there is method in the madness.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780711266339
ISBN-10: 0711266336
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: 100 colour illustrations
Dimensiuni: 154 x 204 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Quarto Publishing Plc

Notă biografică

Alice Smith is an artist, illustrator and designer based in Lancashire, UK. She is the art director for Idler magazine and is the co-founder of Bracketpress, which publishes work by an eclectic group of maverick writers and musicians. Her work has been exhibited at various venues in the UK, USA and in Europe, and regularly exhibits and sells her work at print fairs in the UK.

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Introduction

I. HEAD brain, nerves, eyes

II. CHEST heart, blood, lymphs, lungs, throat

III. ABDOMEN stomach, bowels, liver, kidneys

IV. PELVIS reproductive, urinary

V. SKELETON bones, muscles, skin

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The intriguing tales of the plants that have been used to heal and cure our bodies - from ancient superstitions to old wives' tales that worked. Here are the ancient cures for modern maladies... Since the dawn of history, people have used plants as remedy. But were the Victorians dicing with death when they dropped angel's trumpet in their tea? Can comfrey really be used to heal broken bones? And can St John's Wort scare away more than bad spirits? Taking you around the body, from the brain to the bowels, The Physick Garden introduces 80 plants with curious medicinal pasts. With surreal illustrations and lively tales, The Physick Garden will show thatsometimes there is method in the madness.