Date 12 March 2020
Pages 208
Format cm 15 x 20
Price € 16.50
EAN 9782842307707
Publisher Website www.gallimard.fr

The Poor Man's Doctor

Precious Recipes for Natural Healing from Doctor Beauvillard
Publisher Hoëbeke
Category Practical Books
Keywords Natural health
A vibrant hommage to our ancestors’ healing traditions.

The Poor Man’s Doctor, an eclectic herbal and medicinal textbook, was a huge success back in the 19th century, with over 40 editions reissued and 500,000 copies printed per year until 1940. Revised by a naturopath, this up-to-date edition provides 500 medicinal and home cure recipes for all kinds of illnesses. The most used 100 medicinal plants and their healing virtues are displayed in illustration along with the most common diseases and their remedies.

  • Sales in France Previous editions of this title had annual print runs of over 500,000 copies
  • As of: September 2021