<br />One of two major medical treatises by medieval healer Hildegard von Bingen, presented in its entirety for the first time in English during the 900th anniversary of her birth.  <p /><p><br />. A seminal text in the development of Western herbal medicine  </p><p><br />. Presents nine categories of healing systems--Plants, Elements, Trees, Stones, Fish, Birds, Animals, Reptiles, and Metals--and elaborates on their medicinal use  </p><p><br />. Closely related to Eastern medical approaches that are gaining respect today  </p><p><br />Saint, mystic, healer, visionary, fighter, Hildegard von Bingen stands as one of the great figures in the history of women in me.  </p><p>At a time when few women could write and most were denied a formal education, Hildegard von Bingen became a legendary healer, visionary, musician, artist, poet, and saint. Her works include twenty-seven symphonic compositions; <i>Scivias</i>, a compilation of her visions; and her two major medical works, <i>Causae et Curae</i>, a medical compendium, and <i>Physica</i>, published here in English in its entirety for the first time.  </p><p><i>Physica</i> has a strong affinity with the Eastern medical approaches gaining great respect today. The modern reader interested in natural healing will recognize the enormous truth in the theories of this 12th-century physician, which remind us that our cures for illness depend on our natural world and our place in it.  </p>