{"product_id":"9780892816613","title":"Hildegard von Bingen's Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of two major medical treatises by medieval healer Hildegard von Bingen, presented in its entirety for the first time in English during the 900th anniversary of her birth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• A seminal text in the development of Western herbal medicine \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Presents nine categories of healing systems—Plants, Elements, Trees, Stones, Fish, Birds, Animals, Reptiles, and Metals—and elaborates on their medicinal use \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Closely related to Eastern medical approaches that are gaining respect today \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaint, mystic, healer, visionary, fighter, Hildegard von Bingen stands as one of the great figures in the history of women in me. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when few women could write and most were denied a formal education, Hildegard von Bingen became a legendary healer, visionary, musician, artist, poet, and saint. Her works include twenty-seven symphonic compositions; \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e, a compilation of her visions; and her two major medical works, \u003ci\u003eCausae et Curae\u003c\/i\u003e, a medical compendium, and \u003ci\u003ePhysica\u003c\/i\u003e, published here in English in its entirety for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhysica\u003c\/i\u003e has a strong affinity with the Eastern medical approaches gaining great respect today. The modern reader interested in natural healing will recognize the enormous truth in the theories of this 12th-century physician, which remind us that our cures for illness depend on our natural world and our place in it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inner Traditions\/Bear \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033086836976,"sku":"9780892816613","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780892816613_p0.jpg?v=1763847269","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780892816613","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}