Ancient Jewish Medicine Book

Throughout Jewish history, every community had a rabbi whobrought about cures and healing. These baalei shem - so calledbecause their techniques often involved using Divine Names inamulets-possessed extensive knowledge about medicinal herbsand other healing methods. Ancient Jewish Medicine, by RabbiChaim Fuchs, includes a comprehensive survey of sources in theTorah, Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash, as well as medieval andmodern commentaries that discuss medicinal plants, flowers,animal products, and metals. Readers will enjoy learningabout Jewish medicinal practices throughout history and howthey relate to Jewish law, as well as medical ethics and diseaseprevention.