A beautiful and healing synthesis of memoir and practical herbal knowledge
Starting with inspiring stories of her life in herbalism and healing, Linda Bates outlines some of the almost miraculous cures she had achieved with plant medicine ranging from working with intensive care patients to brain disease.
The book goes on to examine Linda's spiritual journey and how discovering ones true vocation is a key to becoming a healer. From Findhorn in Scotland to Adelaide, Australia her story is fascinating and inspiring, offering poignant and practical insight to both herbalists and lay-people alike.
In the final section, Linda explains the system of herbal medicine she was taught and still practices centred around the use of drop doses of several plant tinctures and includes several detailed case studies
Medicine Woman is an inspiring work which stresses the importance of community centred healing practices in the herbal world, acting as an invitation to consider more deeply our relationships with both humans and plants in daily life.
By:
Linda Bates
Imprint: Aeon Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781801521727
ISBN 10: 1801521727
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 29 July 2025
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Foreward Introduction Section One – The Village Herbalist Chapter one – Finding my path Chapter two – Becoming the Village Herbalist Chapter three – Friday October 15th 2003 Chapter four – Two weeks in Intensive Care Chapter five – A Vicious Assault Chapter six – Herbs and Hearts Chapter seven – Can you save my leg Chapter eight – No more surgery needed Chapter nine – The doctors husband Chapter ten – My brain is eating my pituitary gland Section Two – Finding the Shaman Chapter 1 The Earth called me Chapter 2 Findhorn and Shamanic work Chapter 3 Travelling to Findhorn Chapter 4 The train to Scotland Chapter 5 The original quest Chapter 6 Flowers: A gift of love from the Earth Chapter 7 Memories in the land Chapter 8 My chamomile and lavender cloak Section Three - The Art of Prescribing, Mixing, and Dosing with Herbal Tinctures Chapter 1 How to start Chapter 2 In the consultation room Chapter 3 Manufacturing processes Chapter 4 Who tells you what doses to use Chapter 5 The Influence of the British Herbal Pharmacopaeia Chapter 6 Case studies Chapter 7 Topical applications
Linda Bates was a traditional western Herbalist trained by Dorothy Hall and the women of her family. Since 1993 she worked as a herbalist, organically growing her herbs in the Blue Mountains, making tinctures & creams with them, and teaching others how to do the same.
