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Posts Tagged ‘Herbal Medicine’

The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners: The Healing Power of Medicinal Plants

By Ryan Clover-Owens | August 6, 2012

Traditional herbalists or wise women were not only good botanists or pharmacologists; they were also shamanic practitioners and keepers of occult knowledge about the powerful properties of plants. Traveling back…

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