Healing Plants of Renaissance Florence: The Development of Herbal Medicine in Florence - Softcover

Paine, Angela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1803413115 ISBN 13: 9781803413112

Verlag: Moon Books, 2025

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The Renaissance was a period of unparalleled beauty, excitement, and interest in Florence, despite frequent plagues and wars, thanks in large part to the presence of the Medici family, who virtually invented modern banking and accountancy. They were outstanding as enlightened and successful patrons of art, architecture, science, philosophy, and above all, every aspect of plant medicine. They collected medicinal and rare plants and created large botanic gardens, which are still there today. The Medici patronage of the University of Pisa, Cosimo I's creation of the chair of simples (medicinal plants), and his employment of Luca Ghini revolutionised how herbal medicine was taught. This book traces the development of the first hospital and academic medicinal plant garden in Florence, under the guidance of the great Cosimo I de Medici, and looks at the plants he and his sons used in their alchemical laboratories to create herbal medicines. A selection of these plants is investigated in detail, looking at how they can be used today, including their chemistry and healing properties, as well as research that has been carried out on them.

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Angela Paine has a BSc in Human Physiology and PhD from the School of Pharmacy, London University, in medicinal plant chemistry. Immersed in the Celtic tradition, she runs workshops on medicinal plants and is the author of Healing Power of Celtic Plants; Healing Plants of the Celtic Druids; and Healing Plants of Greek Myth. Angela lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and splits her time between the UK and India.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Moon Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1803413115
• ISBN 13: 9781803413112
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 296
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