Hildegard's Healing Plants: From Her Medieval Classic Physica

by Hildegard of Bingen

Book Overview

Medieval saint, mystic, healer, and visionary-Hildegard von Bingen has made a comeback. She is now popular in natural healing circles, in medieval and women's studies, and among those interested in investing the everyday with the spiritual.

Hildegard's Healing Plants is a gift version and new translation of the 'Plant' section of Physica, Hildegard's classic work on health and healing. Hildegard comments on 230 plants and grains-most of which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807021091
• ISBN13: 9780807021095
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent herbal

What a good job the author has provided, giving us Hildegard's physic garden products and what they were used for. Very useful as general information as well as historical reference.

Hildegard's Haling Plants: Physica

Nice book with illustrations. Reminds you of how far we have come with sanitation. If you are interested in Hildegard of Bingen's career or armomatherapy or herbs, you'll find material of interest here.

BABS Bakery dedicated to Hildegard von Bingen and her works

www.babsbakery.com http://www.babsbakery.com/hildegard.html List of suggested Hildegard books to read: HILDEGARDS HEALING PLANTS, From Her Medieval Classic PHYSICA, Translated by Bruce W. Hozeski. The general theories underlying Hildegard's writings of balancing the hot and cold 'humours' reflects the approach to Eastern healing. This is a book that captures the attention in accordance to Traditional Chinese Medical thought and food energetics, while introducing a refreshing way to keep health of the mind/body/spirit. Karan Schneider, PhD., MS., BBA, GC-C, CH-C, SC-C -Founder BABS Bakery. www.babsbakery.com

A natural healing manual by a woman

Before echinacea and homeopathy there was Hildegard and her medieval herb remedies. Hildegard's Healing Plants provides a natural healing manual by a woman who used herbs around her convent in the early 1100s. Listings from her medieval Physica book provide reviews of the various herbs and their properties.

A slice of a great woman's mind

Hildegard Von Bingen was a mystic, a musician, a moralist, as well as a poet, playright, and prophet. She added a little science in there, too, and some believe she must have been a physician. She follows the tradition of the time in that created things are composed of four elements: hot or cold, and wet or dry. She then goes on to tell the medicinal uses for over 200 plants. From aloe to oats to valerian, even an opinion on St. John's wort, it is amazing that the same plants continue to be a part of natural healing over 800 years after this book was written. That alone makes the book very interesting...