The Essential Guide to Western Botanical Medicine Second Edition

About this book

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 conditionsAppendices and Indexes■Referenced compendium listing treatments for more than 200 conditions