From the editor: • An indispensable guide to the herbal remedies most used in the Anglo-American and European traditions.
• Defines each remedy in terms of its main pharmacological actions and usual therapeutic applications.
• A useful reference to the application of traditional medicines for modern health problems, for both professional and lay use.
• Simon Mills is President and Director of Research of The National Institute of Medical Herbalists, and he runs a private medical herbal practice in Devonshire, England.

These are indeed interesting times. In a world that has for long dedicated itself to the pursuit of technological advancement and scientific precision, it is astonishing to realize that the most ancient form of medicine of all is coming back: herbal medicine is in the throes of a renaissance.

It must surely be that plant remedies are filling a need left unprovided for in modern health care: they are safer, more accessible, and most of all they allow everyone to take charge once more of their own health care.

Pages: 222
Special Interest: Herbs, Alternative Medicine, Shamanism, Advanced Study & Practice, Religion, Culture.