The Essential Guide to Western Botanical Medicine Second Edition

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