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Trying to Give Ease: Tommie Bass and the Story of Herbal Medicine | 
| Author: John K. Crellin
Publisher: Duke University Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $23.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1016876
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0822320177
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.3210974
EAN: 9780822320173
ASIN: 0822320177
Publication Date: November 1997
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In Trying to Give Ease, John K. Crellin and Jane Philpott focus on the life, practices, and accumulated knowledge of the late A. L. "Tommie" Bass, a widely known and admired Appalachian herbalist. Informed by insights drawn from several disciplines, particularly anthropology, their broad historical analyses of self-care practices and herbal remedies draw heavily on recorded interviews with Bass and his patients. Special attention is given to local resources that shape alternative medicine, the backgrounds of herbal practitioners, and the cultural currency of medical concepts once central to professional medicine and now less common. The authors report on both the physical effects of herbal remedies and the psychological factors that have an impact on their success. Trying to Give Ease is a companion to A Reference Guide to Medicinal Plants, also published by Duke University Press.
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Not a mindless book of praise, this is a real good study November 20, 2008
E. Saltbush (Kansas City, KS)
Very good study of the social environment and the nature of herb man Tommie Bass. An excellent reference for any herbalist or wildcrafters bookshelf. This is not much of a how-to, more of an overview of the social, geographic, and economic environment that Tommie Bass lived in, and how he made his living.
An Influential Appalachain Herbalist September 18, 2007
Karen Vaughan (Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although I never had the honor of meeting Tommie Bass, I know him through his students and herbal colleagues. Crellin does a great job of portraying Tommie Bass with his unique personality and take upon life. Bass had an unsurpassed knowledge of the medicinal use of herbs, drawing on the Appalachian, Cherokee, African-American and southern traditions. Crellin lets Bass speak for himself about the herbs he loved, and the newer directions his medicine took before he died.
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