Everyone's favorite herb, an aphrodesiacal elegy of a mysterious chocolatier who arrives in a small village in France to awaken everyone's soul.

More from Brother Cadfael whose knowledge of herbal poisons and medicines help him decode the mysteries of the murders.

And the final set in the series.

The alchemy of cooking with love, jealousy or tears. Magical realism south of the border.

Well all of the Harry Potter films fit the bill here. Plants, potions and spells.

Secret poisons aplenty here in old China.

An anthropological look at three Filipino healers from a region outside of Manilla known for its healing traditions. Documentary.

A child is taken by Amazonian Indians and raised among them. His father takes to search the jungle. When they meet, he brings his father to his village and they partake of a halucinatory brew. Lush and exotic. You won't be able to hear frogs singing the same way again.

A documentary on the achievements of voodoo, with a discussion of the misconceptions about it from ethnobotanist Wade Davis.

Fascinating film on Tibetan medicine. As an acupuncturist I was fascinated to see them take the pulses a whole position lower on the arm.

Hildegard of Bingen was a wonderful herbalist, a religious and one of the more remarkable women of her era. This is a documentary on her meditations and visions.

Don't forget to take your Omega 3s. Lorenzo needed oil, and the doctors were clueless. A fascinating and heartrending story.