Herbs in wartime (WWI & WWII)
Friday 15 October
Before 1914 Britain had been mainly dependent on medicinal plants supplied from abroad and were used in mainstream medicine of the day. World War II saw the situation repeated, although the use of herbal drugs was less in hospitals by then. Appeals to grow or wild-gather herbs, important to the war efforts, were answered by many and the stories of the education, organisation and plain hard work which went into providing what was necessary are the background to a day looking both at herbs providing drugs such as foxglove, belladonna, henbane and opium poppies as well as valerian, yarrow and others. Recipes will concentrate on treating wounds, pain, anxiety and shock.
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Friday 15 October
Before 1914 Britain had been mainly dependent on medicinal plants supplied from abroad and were used in mainstream medicine of the day. World War II saw the situation repeated, although the use of herbal drugs was less in hospitals by then. Appeals to grow or wild-gather herbs, important to the war efforts, were answered by many and the stories of the education, organisation and plain hard work which went into providing what was necessary are the background to a day looking both at herbs providing drugs such as foxglove, belladonna, henbane and opium poppies as well as valerian, yarrow and others. Recipes will concentrate on treating wounds, pain, anxiety and shock.
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