Also known as St Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine. Hildegard was born Sept 16, 1098. She was what is known as a Polymath, a person whose expertise includes a significant number of different subject areas. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Galileo are other examples of polymaths. Among her many interests and accomplishments were: writer, […]
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Known in the western world as Avicenna his name was Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Sina (also known as Ibn Sina). He was born c 980 in Afshana near Bukhara. While not a “herbalist” per se. He did contribute to the knowledge of healing, writing many treatises, the most well known being The […]
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My introduction to Juliette de Bairacli Levy was when I was researching for my thesis on herbal medicine for dogs. Her name kept coming up again and again, apparently for good reason. Born Nov 11, 1912, she grew up with her mother, father and three sisters, as well as a nanny, chauffeur, maid and gardener. […]
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