Biography

Rosarie Kingston PhD practises as a medical herbalist in an integrative medical practice in West Cork, Ireland, and also lectures on the topic, “Herbs and Healing in Irish Folklore,” in the Department of Folklore & Ethnology, at University College, Cork.

Book:

Ireland’s Hidden Medicine – An exploration of Irish indigenous medicine from legend and myth to the present day. Aeon publications UK 2021 

Book chapter:

Kingston, R. 2021. “Medicinas Traadicionais Europeias.”  In Medicina integrative na prática Clínica. Edited by Ciro blujus dos Santos Rohde, Mirella Martins de Castro Mariani, Ricardo Ghelman. 1^st edition., Manole (publisher). P. 86. ISBN 9786555763508

Publications:

Peer reviewed publications:

• Folk Medicine and its Second Life. Estudios Irlandeses, 2017. 12(2): p. 91 -106
• The Evil Eye and Biomediicne. Béascna, 2013. 8: p.89-102
• A Tale of Two Bonesetters. Béascna, 2013. 8: p. 89-102.
• A brief examination of the therapeutic properties of some of the herbs mentioned in the National Folklore Schools Collection (NFCS), Co. Clare. Béascna, 2011. 

Academic conference papers:

• The Provenance of some Plant Knowledge Today ( Irish Conference of Medievalists. University College, Cork. 2019)
• Worldview and Healing (Queens University, Belfast, 2016) 

Conference papers concerned with continuous professional development (CPD):

• A Herbalist's approach to cardiovascular insufficiency and diabetes. (CPP. October 2021)
• Culture and its Impact on Clinical Practice (Herbfeast, Co. Mayo, 2019),
• The Irish Healing Tradition, (Botanica conference, Trinity College, Dublin, 2014)
• Canadian Herb Conference. International panel. (November 2021
• Canadian Herb Conference. Culture and its integration into Clinical Practice (November 2021)