Description
Cardiovascular diseases Despite all the advances in medicine, most common cause of death in the Western world. Is the modern way of life typical stress responsible for, poor nutrition, psychological misprogramming or even harmful microorganisms? Or is it because we no longer understand the heart and its function properly?
The cultural anthropologist and ethnobotanist Wolf-Dieter Storl explores these questions in his new book.
Among indigenous peoples and in the times before industrialization, heart disease in the modern sense was hardly known. Plant, the on the spiritual level and made the heart happy again. In addition to these traditional, old heart plants but also the herbal remedies of modern cardiology are presented, such as thimble (Digitalis), lily of the valley (Convallaria) or StrophanthusIllustrated with high-quality color plant photos and numerous black and white illustrations.
A new, holistic view of the highly topical issue of heart problems, presented from ethnographic, ethnomedical, ethnobotanical and folkloristic perspective. Informative, insightful and easy to read.
