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Medicine of the Earth: Legends, Recipes, Remedies, and Cultivation of Healing Plants
Susanne Fischer-Rizzi; illustrated by Peter Ebenhoch
A herbal that's as much for the fireside as the garden shed. Susanne Fischer-Rizzi, a German natural-healing practitioner, profiles thirty-three healing herbs, giving each the full treatment — botany, history, practical guidance on growing and using it (medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, even veterinary), and recipes — but the thing that sets it apart is the lore: legends, myths, and literary passages, mostly from European and German tradition, woven through every entry. Read it for the storytelling as much as the how-to; like any herbal, its remedies deserve caution and cross-checking before use. Beautifully illustrated and unhurried, it's a browsing companion for gardeners and plant-lovers who want their practical knowledge steeped in a little enchantment.
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The author
Susanne Fischer-Rizzi is a German author and practitioner of natural healing who lives in the Alpine foothills. She has written a series of well-regarded books on herbs, aromatherapy and the folklore of plants, distinguished by their blend of practical instruction and cultural storytelling.
The book
Medicine of the Earth profiles thirty-three healing herbs, each treated to botanical description, history, anecdote and detailed practical guidance on cultivation and use — medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and veterinary — rounded out with recipes and clear illustrations. Running through it all are legends, myths and literary excerpts drawn largely from European, especially German, tradition.
How to read it
Enjoy it as much for the lore as for the how-to. It works as a browsing companion for gardeners and herb lovers, though, as with any herbal, its remedies deserve caution and cross-checking before use. The folkloric framing is the point of difference and the chief pleasure.
For more context
Readers drawn to the storytelling side might follow it with Fischer-Rizzi's writing on trees and forests.
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- Type
- Book
- Author / Maker
- Susanne Fischer-Rizzi; illustrated by Peter Ebenhoch
- ISBN
- None
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- Nature
- Location
- Colorado