Comments on: A London Herbal

By: Suzy

Suzy — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:09:26 +0000

Ahhh Margaret. Thoroughly enjoyed this read. I’ve become happily obsessed and absorbed in hedgerow apothecary and foraging during lockdown. I want to learn more and took my first class (via Zoom) this morning with the delightful Nat Mady of Hackney Herbal. Your blog here was a really nice accoutrement to today’s learning. Thank you! ?????
PS. I made Meadowsweet cordial this week. I think our hunter gathering ancestors must turn in their graves at the knowledge we’ve lost over the centuries of natural remedies.

By: Jonathan van Halbert

Jonathan van Halbert — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:35:46 +0000

As a child I found Herbs and thier books fascinating. I am fortunate in having an early 18th Century Edition. on this subject .. I do not need to visit the British Library. In order write such a book. I am not sure of the Benefits of recycling this ancient knowledge unless it is wholly accurate and attributed..

By: sprite

sprite — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:08:56 +0000

Interesting that the first herb mentioned in the time of Covid is a remedy against Covid in Madagascar. Controversed of course as are any herbal remedies in emerging countries but Artemisia has been used successfully as an anti-malarial in the past and some anti-malarial have been used with a high degree of success to fight the new disease.

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:03:24 +0000

Lovely Paintings of Herbs. I Really Enjoyed Them!!????????

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:19:36 +0000

Reminds me that a cousin published a lovely facsimile of Crispin de Pass’ herbal ‘Hortus floridus’ of 1614 in the 1930s, so I went to look for it and it’s vanished …

By: Sian Rees

Sian Rees — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:00:34 +0000

I’m looking forward to reading this book – sounds fascinating.

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:25:17 +0000

Very interesting as I have recently got into the books of CJ Sansom which are set in the time of Henry VIII. One of the main characters is an ex monk kicked out during the dissolution of the monasteries who has set himself up as an apothecary in London, and so there is a lot about his various unguents and cures. He also has to nurse one character back to health who has been nearly killed by a so called Physician who had prescribed purging and blood letting…eek!

All this with the background of plague, small pox and people being burnt at the stake by the likes of Thomas Cromwell and Bishop Bonner… and we think we live I difficult times!

By: Catherine Halloran

Catherine Halloran — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 06:19:25 +0000

Thank you. This was a fascinating post. I miss the old Culpepper shops.