9781445521206 - Folk Medicine
9781445521206 - Folk Medicine
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Folk Medicine, Plant Lore, and Healing Plants

Wilde looks at a variety of natural cures, healing plants, and remedies from Irish folk culture ranging from love and invisibility potions, to remedies for toothache and beyond.

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Author

Jane Wilde

Imprint

Pierides Press

Categories

Complementary Therapies & Healing

Folklore & Mythology

Health & Lifestyle

Herbal Medications

Medicine

Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge

Science, Maths & Medicine

Society & Culture

Society & Social Sciences

ISBN

9781445521206, 9781528772884, 9781473352384

Formats Available

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Pages

78, 77

Publication Date

28 July 2010

Dimensions 5.5 × 8.5 in

Jane Francesca Agnes, Lady Wilde (1821–1896) was an Irish poet and mother of Oscar Wilde. She wrote under the pseudonym “Speranza” and famously supported the Irish nationalist movement. She also had a particular interest in folktales, which she collected. In “Folk Medicine, Plant Lore, and Healing Plants”, Wilde looks at a variety of natural cures, healing plants, and remedies from Irish folk culture ranging from love and invisibility potions, to remedies for toothache and beyond. Contents include: “The Properties of Herbs and Their Use in Medicine”, “Medical Superstitions and Ancient Charms”, and “Plants”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on folklore.

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