MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

The authors and publisher cannot accept any responsibility for

any situation or problems which could arise from experimentation

with any of the remedies mentioned in this book.

Copyright © 2004 by David E. Allen and Gabrielle Hatfield.
Colour photographs © 2004 by Deni Bown.
All rights reserved.

Page 2,Sanicula europaea,sanicle (Brunfels 1530, fig. 80).

Map, page 33, by Jamie Quinn and Elanor McBay, The Drawing Office,
Department of Geography, University College London.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Allen, David E.
Medicinal plants in folk tradition : an ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland / David E.
Allen and Gabrielle Hatfield.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-88192-638-8 (hardcover)

1. Ethnobotany—Great Britain. 2. Ethnobotany—Ireland. 3. Medicinal plants—
   Great Britain. 4. Medicinal plants—Ireland. 5. Traditional medicine—Great Britain.


2. Traditional medicine—Ireland. I. Hatfield, Gabrielle. II. Title.
   GN585.G7 A45 2004
   581.6'34'0941—dc
   2003019706

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