Description: Hailed as a "classic" by leading herbalist Rosemary Gladstar, this botanical compendium provides a wide-ranging history of herbalism and useful guidance for healing with herbs Matthew Wood is one of the United States' most renowned herbalists and the author ofSeven Herbs- Plants as Healers, a watershed book in teaching herbal healing as a part of total wellness. With The Book of Herbal Wisdom, he continues and expands this study, creating a must-read guide for anyone who works in the natural health field or is interested in self-healing with herbs. Wood creates a vast and sweeping history of herbalism, drawing on Western botanical knowledge, homeopathy, Traditional Chinese medicine, and Native American shamanic botany. Detailing the history and use of more than forty plants, he shows how each tradition views a plant, as well as its use in cases drawn from his own herbal and homeopathic practice. An initial section describes signatures, similar, and patterns in these traditions, and elements, temperaments, and constitutions. Wood has two objectives- to demonstrate how herbal medicines are agents of healing and wisdom, and to give the reader a useful catalog of plants for medicinal uses. His clinical observations of his patients bear the wry wisdom of the country doctor; his love of plants is evident in lush botanical descriptions, which show the connection between remedies-whether homeopathic, Chinese, or Native American-and the plants from which they are derived. An introduction to centuries of lore about healing from indigenous traditions, The Book of Herbal Wisdom integrates and describes North American Indian medicine, homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Western herbalism like no other contemporary botanical compendium.
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EAN: 9781556432323
UPC: 9781556432323
ISBN: 9781556432323
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Book Title: Book of Herbal Wisdom : Using Plants As Medicines
Number of Pages: 592 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Item Height: 1.4 in
Publication Year: 1997
Topic: Naturopathy, Healthy Living, Herbal Medications
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Health & Fitness
Item Weight: 27.9 Oz
Author: Matthew Wood
Item Length: 8.8 in
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback