The Medicine Woman: A Path of Power and Healing with Love and Plants [Paperback]

A beautiful and healing synthesis of memoir and practical herbal knowledge.

Starting with inspiring stories of her life in herbalism and healing, Linda Bates outlines some of the almost miraculous cures she achieved with plant medicine, ranging from working with intensive care patients to brain disease.

The Medicine Womangoes on to examine Linda's spiritual journey and how discovering ones true vocation is a key to becoming a healer. From Findhorn in Scotland, to Adelaide, Australia her story is fascinating and inspiring, offering poignant and practical insight to both herbalists and lay-people alike. ?

In the final section, Linda explains the system of herbal medicine she was taught, centred around the use of drop doses of several plant tinctures and includes several detailed case studies.

The Medicine Womanis an inspiring work which stresses the importance of community centred healing practices in the herbal world, acting as an invitation to consider more deeply our relationships with both humans and plants in daily life. ?

Linda Bateswas a traditional western Herbalist trained by Dorothy Hall and the women of her family. Since 1993 she worked as a herbalist, organically growing her herbs in the Blue Mountains, making tinctures & creams with them, and teaching others how to do the same.?

A beautiful and healing synthesis of memoir and practical herbal knowledge.

Foreward
Introduction

Section One  The Village Herbalist

Chapter one  Finding my path
Chapter two  Becoming the Village Herbalist
Chapter three  Friday October 15th 2003
Chapter four  Two weeks in Intensive Care
Chapter five  A Vicious Assault
Chapter six  Herbs and Hearts
Chapter seven  Can you save my leg
Chapter eight  No more surgery needed
Chapter nine  The dl+