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Healing Wise (Wise Woman Herbal Series)
Superb herbal in the feminine-intuitive mode. Complete instructions for using common plants for food, beauty, medicine, longevity. Introduction by Jean Houston.
Paperback, 312 pages
Published
July 1st 1989
by Ash Tree Publishing
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this is a unique herbal. Susun Weed focuses on seven common plants and details their multiple uses and personalities, devoting full chapters to each. she lays out a distinction between the scientific, heroic, and wise woman traditions in healing arts, explaining how the one "fixes", the other "cleanses", and the last nourishes the whole human. Weed is very conscious to offer information in forms palatable to both sides of the brain / different styles of learning, and the tone feels friendly and...more
2.5 stars
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This book is, quite simply, something else. I couldn't get through the first section without skimming, it was just way too Earth-Mother for my taste.
The sections on the "weeds" were cool but I found it annoying how she wrote from the weed perspective, and I had to completely skip the dandelion section which was in a fake French accent.
Read this book only if you don't mind reading stuff like "Think of chickweed as increasing your permeability to solar, lunar, universal and cosmic en...more
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This book is, quite simply, something else. I couldn't get through the first section without skimming, it was just way too Earth-Mother for my taste.
The sections on the "weeds" were cool but I found it annoying how she wrote from the weed perspective, and I had to completely skip the dandelion section which was in a fake French accent.
Read this book only if you don't mind reading stuff like "Think of chickweed as increasing your permeability to solar, lunar, universal and cosmic en...more
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Wise Woman Herbal: Healing Wise looks at health and healing from a completely different perspective than any other resource I've ever consulted. Instead of looking at illness as something needing medication (as in western scientific medicine) or as the result of some sort of bodily imbalance (as in traditional eastern medicine), this book looks at illness as an opportunity.
At first, I have to admit that this concept sounded really strange to me. What sort of opportunity is suffering from Chroni...more
At first, I have to admit that this concept sounded really strange to me. What sort of opportunity is suffering from Chroni...more
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The cover is HILARIOUS. There's some interesting information in here, for sure. I definitely agree with the discussion of the scientific healing tradition and how it tends to treat the symptoms of disease and to view health as simply lacking major illness. The way it is written, though--a bit too wackadoo for my taste :P
i'm loving this book. a friend exposed me to susun weed a few years ago and i didn't "get" HER transformative message. this past year i saw and heard susun on youtube and "it clicked" resonated and dug deep inside me. i ordered the book from her website, it was delivered quickly to me signed :)
the drawings inside the book are an additional visual treat
the drawings inside the book are an additional visual treat
i love this book for its philosophy the most...the theory rather than the practical stuff. it's worth buying for that alone,and i've bought more than one copy of this book...because i couldn't find my copy,and i wanted to always have it at hand.
I really like this silly magical little book. At first you open the book and think, Who is this new-age whack job and what is she trying to say? Upon closer inspection, this book is an outstanding resource full of true wisdom and practical applications of common plants in healing. I feel that I will return to this book again and again for information and inspiration as I get to know my plant allies. I think the book would have been stronger if it spent less time explaining the scientific and her...more
I really enjoy Susun Weed's books. Susan explains the wisdom of the Wise Woman tradition of healing as she introduces some basic healing herbs.
This book has too much "New Age" mumbo jumbo. However, that being said, I continue to drink my herbal infusion everyday.
Aug 18, 2012
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Basic herbal for women. A good entry guide for developing relationships with healing plants. Magical.
Charming story-telling and helpful herbal information to help women keep themselves healthy and happy.
Susun's writing style is unique. The book does contain very good information!
Inspirational writing in the voice of each plant.
A Must Read for any herbalist or woman for that matter!
Excellent, like everything by Susan S. Weed.
Apr 26, 2007
Taylor
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
the beginning herbalist
Shelves:
non-fiction,
herbs-and-medicine
If you have an interest in the plants around you and herbal/natural medicine, this is an excellent place to start. Susun Weed walks with you through 6 or 7 specific plants, getting down to the details of each one. It's a good way to meet the ideas of natural medicine without leaping headfirst into the complexities of A Modern Herbal or other more esoteric works. Weed is an herbalist par-excellence and the information is all extremely solid. Easy to work with, delightful to read, a joy to recomme...more
This book has been in the queue for awhile, just picked it back up. Had a lot of good recipes and also instructions for preparing herbal medicines. The writing style was not my favorite, (the author writes from the point of view of the plant, and somewhat annoyingly, gave some of the plants accents.) This book, along with a field guide, is a great starter for anyone looking to use locally growing plants (otherwise known as weeds) as medicine.
I haven't finished this yet, but I love it already. Susun has a vast amount of knowledge on herbal medicine. I would love to take one of her workshops and learn even more, and I already plan on buying more of her books when I'm finished with this one.
While I don't agree 100% with her philosophy, Susun Weed's indepth relationship with our "green allies" is a great way to learn, and to change your mind from focusing on "dis-ease" and working with being healthy!
The online forums are awesome too. :)
The online forums are awesome too. :)
Every woman needs a copy of this book in her health reference section. I learned about common "weeds" that are overlooked by many of us and how they fortify our pre-menopausal and menopausal systems. I love Susun Weed and her style of conveying wisdom.
May 13, 2008
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Covers only a few herbs, but very indepth information about them. She writes about them as if they had personalities, which makes it easy to understand and remember their properties. (and enjoyable reading!)
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in healing with plants! One of the best I've read in a while, Susan Weed as a interesting way of blending words so that it's almost like reading chants.
certainly not for everyone. but this was a good read for me right now. encourages me to take another foraging tour, too, and maybe make something more than just food from my findings.
Learn all about about dandelion, burdock, chickweed, violet, nettles, various seaweeds, and oats. Befriend them, even.
I have learned so much from Susun. She rocks. This is my favorite of her books.
Currently waiting for spring, to go out and find some new plant friends!
All the hokey narratives were a little hard to swallow.
yes, i think susan weed is crazy. but this is a good book.
spiraling into the void, yes.
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Susun S. Weed has no official diplomas of any kind; she left high school in her junior year to pursue studies in mathematics and artificial intelligence at UCLA and she left college in her junior year to pursue life.
Susun began studying herbal medicine in 1965 when she was living in Manhattan while pregnant with her daughter, Justine Adelaide Swede.
She wrote her first book -- Wise Woman Herbal f...more
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Susun began studying herbal medicine in 1965 when she was living in Manhattan while pregnant with her daughter, Justine Adelaide Swede.
She wrote her first book -- Wise Woman Herbal f...more
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