Green Pharmacy

Foreword to the Second Edition by Michael McIntyre
 
Foreword by Norman Farnsworth 

Preface 

Acknowledgments
 
1. The Medicine of Mankind 

2. Medicine in Transition
 
3. The New Disease and the New Medicine
 
4. The Revolutionary

5. The Quacks' Charter 

6. 'All Manner of Minerals' 

7. 'Galen or Paracelsus?' 

8. The Seventeenth-Century Superwoman
 
9. Indian Physic
 
10. 'Horrid Electuaries'
 
11. 'Systematic Slaughter'
 
12. The English Practice
 
13. The Foxglove Saga 

14. Heroic Medicine
 
15. Roots and Herbs 

16. Botanic Warfare 

17. The Age of Calomel
 
18. 'Coffinism' 

19. Dr. Coffin versus Dr. Skelton 

20. Fruitless Medication
 
21. Regulars and Rivals
 
22. Magic Bullets 

23. Return to Nature
 
24. The Price of Miracles 

25. The French Lesson
 
26. Into Europe 

27. Phytomedicines
 
28. 'The Green People'
 
29. Burning the Library of Amazonia 

30. Herbal Futures 

Notes 

Bibliography 

Index 

Barbara Griggs (1932–2022) was a renowned journalist and researcher in the field of herbalism.

"Probably the most definitive history of the origin and development of herbal medicine in the West . . . should be required reading for every herbalist, pharmacist, physician, and regulatory official."
HerbalGram

"A modern classic that can be consulted by all of those interested in getting a keener insight into the trials and tribulations, the pitfalls and rewards, and the history and future of drug therapy from nature."
From the foreword by Norman R. Farnsworth, Professor of Pharmocognosy, University of Illinois Medical Center

"A history of grass-roots medicine, researched to the point where those of us who have dabbled in the subject are left feeling embarrassed at the wealth of source material that we left unread."

Brian Inglis, The New Scientist

"To congratulate Barbara Griggs is not only a pleasure but a duty, for she has given us a useful tool, the need of which has been felt but hitherto never filled."
Richard Evans Schultes, Jeffrey Professor of Biology and Director of the Botanical Museum (emeritus), Harvard University

"Well researched, highly readable, and ultimately entertaining."
Yoga Journal

"This meticulously referenced, captivating book is guaranteed to hold surprises even for those who consider themselves well-informed on the topic."
Napra Review, Vol. 9, No. 2

"Here are the highs and lows, the compassion and the competition and the pain and the joys of 2000 plus years of western herbal medicine. Well-written and extensive."
American Herb Association