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Herbalism & Historical Responsibility Emily Beck, Ph.D., & Macey Flood, MA North Country Herbalist Guild, 4 November 2020 Wangensteen Historical Library, circa 1965 Scattered logs floating down the river, c. 1880. Photograph,

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Herbalism & Historical Responsibility

Emily Beck, Ph.D., & Macey Flood, MA

North Country Herbalist Guild, 4 November 2020

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Wangensteen Historical Library, circa 1965

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Scattered logs floating down the river, c. 1880. Photograph, Minnesota Historical Society.

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3 Seasons of Herbal Wisdom students in the Wangensteen, reading historical books & giving short presentations on them. 2016.

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Presentation overview:

1. History of herbal medicine in the

“academy”

2. Why we think herbalists should be

involved in creating academic histories

3. What history can ofger to modern herbal

practitioners

4. Current activities & resources

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Plants and Empire by Londa Schiebinger, A Not-So-New World by Christopher Parsons, and Drugs on the Page, ed. Crawford & Gabriel

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Nature’s Path by Susan Cayleff, Trying to Give Ease by John Crellin & Jane Philpott, and Working Cures by Sharla Fett

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Ethics

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Read more about cotton root bark in “Gossypium

spp. (Cotton

Root Bark): A Symbol of Herbal Resistance,” Karen L. Culpeper. Journal of the American herbalist Guild 15:2 (2017): 45-52.

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Social construction of disease

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Sweet Marjoram: “It helps with cold griefs of the womb, and windiness thereof.” Wild Valerian: “It is often given with advantage in hysterical cases.” Vervain: “This is an herb of Venus, and excellent for the womb, to strengthen and remedy all the cold disorders thereof.” Arrach: “I commend it for an universal medicine from the womb… [it will] speedily cure any disease thereof, as the fits of the mother, dislocation, or falling out thereof.” Catmint: “helping the green sickness, and also the suffocation

f the womb and vapours.”

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Text and context

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Frances Densmore, "Uses of plants by the Chippewa Indians," Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 44 (1928)

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Mary Warren English Frances Densmore Many others contributed to the project from White Earth, Red Lake, Mille Lacs, Cass Lake, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Manitou Rapids Reserve (Ontario).

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What is history made from?

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Timeline of activities

2015: “The Roots of Western Herbalism” Midwest Holistic Health and Herbal Education Conference (third time presenting, first time on history.) 2015-present: history lectures as part of Three Seasons of Herbs class by Lise Wolf. 2016: Lise & 3 Seasons come to Wangensteen. 2016: North Country Herb Guild come to Wangensteen 2017: Presentation to St Catherine University at the Wangensteen as part of their Master’s in Holistic Health Studies. 2018: Community herbal history class. 2018: LearningLife (Continuing Education) class for University of Minnesota, “Western Herbalism: History, Theory, Practice.” 2018-2019: Herbs and History interdisciplinary reading group. 2019: Community herbal history class.

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An Approv’d Receipt for ye Gravel Take of Mallows and March Mallows of Each 1 handfull of ye roots of ye same one Ounce Cut them into Small pieces and boyl them in three pints of Epsom Waters till it is reducd to a quart then strain the liquor and dissolve in it one Ounce and half of Manna and then drink

it. (WZ250 A568e 1680)

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Open to the public! Only by appointment due to COVID-19 M & Th 8:30-12:30 T & F 12:30-4:30 Email: wanghist@umn.edu Website: z.umn.edu/whl

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Digitized materials from the Wangensteen z.umn.edu/DigitalWHL

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Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/