Medic0-botanical and historical consultancy

Consultancy for food / medicine development, projects, films, writers and researchers on the following subjects:

  • Coca (Erythroxylum spp.) and cocaine

  • Cinchona, quinine and malaria

  • The history of the Gin & Tonic

  • The history of medicine (particularly nineteenth century)

  • Medicinal botany / botanical medicine

Using experience gained in practical remedy-making and research across a wide range of historical contexts, I can provide:

  • Botanical plant materials

  • Fact sheets

  • Historical remedies & props for film-makers, prop makers & suppliers.

TV Appearances

BBC Country file ‘Spring Special’ 28 April 2019 and June 2023 subject: foraging and herbal medicine

ARTE TV ‘Invitation au Voyage’ due September 2019, subject: the history of gin and tonic