Green Pharmacy, The History and Evolution of Western Medicine by Griggs, Barbara - 1991

Rochester, Vermont : Healing Arts Press, 1991. Second Edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Large Octavo. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Inside covers and endpapers faintly foxed, text appears to be free of foxing Edges faintly browned with some foxing on top edge Card covers have some rubbing and a crease across bottom corner of back cover Newly revised to include the latest developments in the field of herbal medicine, this classic bestseller presents a fascinating account of the ideas, personalities, advances, and vicissitudes that have shaped the course of medicine and pharmacology in the Western world.

The author provides an eloquent and engaging account of the use of herbal medicine from prehistoric times to the present, reaffirming the incalculable value of medicinal plants in the healing arts. She presents a strong case for the cyclical emergence of alternative medicine at times (such as our own) when allopathic methods of treatment have lost their safety and efficacy.