Location: Classroom
About the course
Samuel Hahnemann harnessed the healing effects of animals, vegetables and minerals. This course will focus on his plants, looking at what we know about their beneficial properties today. Some of the plants are commonly used in medicine but others are so poisonous that they have found only limited use. And the toxicity of a few has led to their misuse to harm people rather than heal them. Weather permitting, we’ll visit some of Hahnemann’s herbs which grow in the Garden.
About the tutor
Dr Gwenda Kyd is a chemist and freelance science writer and editor. She is interested in plant-based healing and has studied herbal medicine and other therapies. She co-devised the Botanic Garden’s ‘Chemicals from Plants’ Trail and in 2014 published a book based on the Trail, ‘Molecules, Medicines and Mischief’.
Bookings for this course will close on 9 April
Please take the time to read our course cancellations and refunds policy.
Please note that once this course has been filled, you can email education@botanic.cam.ac.uk to be added to a waiting list.
