This is a bit of an oldie in my book collection. It’s a Danish book by M. Marcussen – known for his popular ‘Universal Tea’ - an herbal blend sold all over Denmark.

The title of the book translates to ‘Healing Herbs’ and lists different medicinal and beneficial herbs that grow in Scandinavia. It also describes several methods of use for different health issues.

I had the book out (again) not long ago and couldn’t help noticing this passage (circled above). The passage translates roughly to:

It was not from behind a desk nor by theoretical thinking that healing herbs were discovered. It happened via people, by experience and experimentation - refined over hundreds of years. Man, like the natural animal, has instinctively found his way to what worked. Let us not discard the history of this development! And let us not arrogantly dismiss the experiences from the past as long as we have not proven their lack of worth.

Food for thought to be sure, and still quite relevant today.