In deze rubriek wil ik een aantal herboristen, farmacologen, fytotherapeuten, kortom kruidenmensen van overal voorstellen. Vooral nog levende of net dode mensen zullen ter sprake komen, de herboristen van veel vroeger vind je terug bij de geschiedenis van de kruiden. Ook deze rubriek is een boeiende, curieuze en enigszins hopeloze ambitie van mij. Maar we beginnen gewoon en zien wel waar dit eindigt. Enkele voorbeelden vind je op mijn herborist.infoteur.nl
David L. Hoffmann B.Sc. (Hons), M.N.I.M.H.
 Whilst
working in conservation and lecturing in ecology and the eco-crisis for
the University of Wales, the author became convinced that to heal the
world, to embrace planetary wholeness and responsibility for it with
hope, he as an individual had to be whole within himself. This moved
him to start exploring herbal medicine as a truly ecological healing
for the body as well as the spirit. To this end he studied four years
with the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. He also co-founded a
spiritual community in the Preseli Mountain area of West Wales, which
is deeply involved in the birthing of the New Age in the hearts and
minds of all, especially children. He has been practicing as a
consultant medical herbalist for six years, has lectured widely on
holistic herbalism, as well as personal and planetary transformation,
and has been doing television work and writing as well. He has been
active in the environmental movement, standing for Parliament in the
1983 election as a representative of the Ecology Party.
In 1987, after a year long journey embracing North America, China,
Russia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, he moved to California and
has become deeply involved in the herbal renaissance that is underway
in North America. He was appointed to the post of Director of the
California School of Herbal Studies, North America's premier centre of
herbal education, as well as being elected President of the American
Herbalist Guild. He regularly teaches in Canada, the USA and New
Zealand. Boeken geschreven door Hoffmann
In het Nederlands vertaald: The holistic Herbal als De Findhorn Kruidengids. Uitgeverij Mirananda 1984. Een recensie is te lezen op Findhorn kruidengids | Kunst en cultuur: Recensies |