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The Herbal Remedies of the Physicians of the Myddfai - ancient Celtic remedies
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The village of Myddfai, famous for its physicians, lies amongst the foothills to the north of Carmarthen Black Mountain, in South Wales.
A local legend claims that the first physicians of Myddfai obtained their knowledge of herbs and medicine from the Lady of the Lake.Some believe the legend; others think that the remedies purporting descent from the Physicians represent what has survived from the ancient Druidic medicine, albeit with later interpolations from other sources.
The first English translation of the Physicians of Myddfai was published in the early 1860s. it was by John Pughe and it included translations of two Welsh manuscripts. In the present book, we give Pughes translation of the larger of the two works, the Book of Howel the Physician, which contained by far the great number of herbal, as well as other remedies.
This book about Celtic herbal medicine should appeal to not only those interested in Celtic culture, but also to all who are interested in the history of medicine.
The village of Myddfai, famous for its physicians, lies amongst the foothills to the north of Carmarthen Black Mountain, in South Wales.
A local legend claims that the first physicians of Myddfai obtained their knowledge of herbs and medicine from the Lady of the Lake.Some believe the legend; others think that the remedies purporting descent from the Physicians represent what has survived from the ancient Druidic medicine, albeit with later interpolations from other sources.
The first English translation of the Physicians of Myddfai was published in the early 1860s. it was by John Pughe and it included translations of two Welsh manuscripts. In the present book, we give Pughes translation of the larger of the two works, the Book of Howel the Physician, which contained by far the great number of herbal, as well as other remedies.
This book about Celtic herbal medicine should appeal to not only those interested in Celtic culture, but also to all who are interested in the history of medicine.
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