Witchcraft Medicine

An ethnobotanical study of plants associated with witches, healers and the goddess traditions of Europe, including mandrake, henbane, belladonna and mugwort. The authors discuss flying ointments, midwifery, folk medicine and the suppression of herbal knowledge. First published in German as Hexenmedizin, it is richly illustrated and of interest to readers of herbalism, folklore and the history of witchcraft.