The Healing Herbal: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants - Dr Catherine Whitlock

Plants were the original medicine. Long before laboratories and prescriptions, people knew which leaf to reach for, which root to boil, which flower to dry and keep. The Healing Herbal brings that knowledge back, grounding ancient plant wisdom in modern science and making it genuinely accessible to anyone who wants to understand the natural world a little better.

Written by Dr Catherine Whitlock, a science writer with a PhD in Immunology, this is not a book that asks you to choose between the traditional and the evidence-based. It holds both. A book for the curious, for those who grow herbs on a windowsill and want to know more, for those drawn to the idea that the natural world has always been trying to help, for those who simply find plants endlessly fascinating.

Beautiful, considered and quietly extraordinary. The kind of book you pick up for five minutes and put down an hour later.

Author: Dr Catherine Whitlock

Format: Hardcover