A History of Plant Medicine: Western Herbal Medicine from the Ancient Greeks to the Modern Day

A comprehensive guide detailing the story of healing with herbs from pre-history to modern times.

Christina Stapley is a retired medical herbalist with ten years of practice. She now teaches pharmacognosy, materia medica and the history of western herbal medicine. Christina is a member of the Herbal History Research Network, and for twenty five years has tutored practical historical herb workshops. She is a Royal Horticultural Society lecturer and has written three books on growing and using herbs. Christina has written courses on ageing successfully with herbs and edited a book of 17th century cookery and medicinal recipes. In 2023, Christina was awarded the Thomas DiBaggio Book Award by the International Herb Association.