Traditionally, apothecaries held space for healing within the community. Practitioners considered health from a holistic point of view, and patients received personalized practices to support both body and mind.
In The Modern Apothecary, Brendan Murdock and Gabriel Weil of the London-based wellness brand anatome explore significant wellbeing practices of the past through key timelines. They uncover five pillars of wellness - sleep, balance, movement, focus and diet - and reveal how improving these areas can alleviate common concerns such as stress, poor gut health and insomnia.
This book spotlights today's wellbeing 'villains', such as workplace anxiety or excessive screen time, and illustrates practices for optimizing wellness. It also demonstrates how to harness the power of 22 unique botanicals for holistic health.
By combining nature and science with revived rituals of the past, you can discover how to weave these self-care principles and routines into your lifestyle to support health, improve wellbeing and restore calm.
Traditionally spaces for healing within the community, apothecaries took a holistic look at health, giving their patients personalized prescriptions and practices to heal both body and mind. But today's consumers who want to enhance their wellbeing and prevent the adverse effects associated with fast-paced, busy lifestyles - including stress, insomnia and digestive problems - are missing this vital middle ground between perfect health/wellness and going to a doctor.
The Modern Apothecary combines nature and science to restore calm to modern-day lives. This beautifully packaged book inspires and informs the reader by reviving the science-backed potions and rituals of the past and exploring the essential role these practices have in alleviating common complaints and ailments of today. The Modern Apothecary also reveals how readers can seamlessly weave these principles and routines into their lifestyles to support their wellbeing, in particular the key pillars of health: sleep, balance, movement, focus, and diet.
