Many of the herbal remedies developed by witches still have their place in modern pharmacology, yet the work of women has been largely forgotten. The wise woman, or witch, had a host of remedies which had been tested in years of use. Medicine is part of our heritage as women, our history, our birthright. They were called “wise women” by the people, witches or charlatans by the authorities. For centuries women were doctors without degrees, barred from books and lectures, learning from each other, and passing on experience from neighbor to neighbor and mother to daughter. They were midwives, travelling from home to home and village to village. They were pharmacists, cultivating healing herbs and exchanging the secrets of their uses. They were abortionists, nurses and counsellors. They were the unlicensed doctors and anatomists of western history.
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