Meticulously referenced and beautifully designed with over 1,000 botanical photographs,
The Essential Guide to Western Botanical Medicine,
is a clinically based, extensive resource for healthcare professionals, students, and anyone with a zeal for herbs. Intelligently divided into four sections for effortless referencing:
Materia Medica
■129 in-depth monographs
■Medicinal uses and clinical applications
■Ethnobotany and history
■Botanical descriptions
■Chemical constituents
■Nutritional profiles
■Preparations, dosages, and contraindications
■Etymology of Latin binomials
Medicine Making
■Easy-to-follow instructions for preparing herbal medicines
Herbal Therapeutic Formulas
■More than 100 time-tested medicinal compounds and tea blends for common health conditions
Appendices and Indexes
■Referenced compendium listing treatments for more than 200 conditions