Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine Author: David Hoffmann FNIMH AHG | Language: English | ISBN:
B004GEAWLS | Format: EPUB
Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine Description
_Medical Herbalism_ is the comprehensive textbook all students and practitioners of clinical herbalism need to develop their healing practices. It__ contains comprehensive information concerning the identification and use of medicinal plants by chemical structure and physiological effect. It also includes information on toxicology, contraindications, and dosages.
- File Size: 5000 KB
- Print Length: 672 pages
- Publisher: Healing Arts Press (October 24, 2003)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004GEAWLS
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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This is a great text for learning terminology such as herbal actions it's easy to read and understand. The discriptions are just long enough so that it does not include excess/repetative words. The materia medica is also written the same way, precise, it may be too brief for more advanced herbalists however for beginners it is perfect. The materia medica is not that big. For a more elaborate "indication" section you will probably have to read research. I use this as a text as a Herbal Science major, I don't think it is very readable for the layman trying to learn herbal medicine or if you are just interested in herbal medicine. It's written like an encyclopedia, so you jump to sections that you want. The first part of the book has plant constituents with drawings of organic molecules. The second part is organized according to body systems. It's very user friendly, the index has pretty much everything you want to find. Fantastic book as a text, I'll be using it for a long time.
By Kim
This book was assigned as a part of a Master's Program in Holistic Health. It is comprehensive and overall a great resource book. Hoffmann covers a wide range of topics in depth. In class, we were amazed how one person could write such a voluminous resource. However, if you are looking for specific "recipes" to make, this would not be the book. It will direct you to appropriate plants/herbs to use. I highly recommend this book. You will think twice about common weeds in your yard- all plants have a medicinal use.
By Persephone
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