“Most herbal knowledge was kept alive as folk medicine, handed down from mother to daughter, a kind of inheritance.. But a woman in control of her own body was a dangerous thing, .. The wise women who continued to practice their art were considered witches. Between 1450 and 1750 in Europe and North America, an estimated thirty-five thousand to one hundred thousand people, most of them women, were accused of wildcrafting and put to death.” WitchcraftMedical HistoryHerbal WisdomWildcrafting Book:Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food Source: Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food