Following the Herbal Harvest by Ann Armbrecht

A Search for the Healing Promise of Plant Medicines Papberback From tulsi to turmeric, echinacea to elderberry, medicinal herbs are big business—but do they deliver on their healing promise to those who consume them, those who provide them, and to the natural world?“An eye-opener. . . . [Armbrecht] challenges ideas of what medicine can be and how business practices can corrupt, and expand, our notions of plant-based healing.”—The Boston Globe“[This] is one of the most important and readable books on the subject of herbs available today. Ann’s story of her journey and the amazing message her book conveys moved me to tears. . . . Thank you, Ann, for listening to the plants as deeply as you have, for pointing the way forward, and for having the courage to lead us there.”—Rosemary Gladstar, author of Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal HerbsUsing herbal medicines to heal the body is an ancient practice, but in the twenty-first century, it is also a worldwide industry. Yet most consumers know ver