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An Integration of Western Herbs Into the Traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic Systems
This practical handbook and reference guide is a landmark publication in this field. For unprecedented usefulness in practical applications, the author provides a comprehensive listing of the more than 400 medicinal herbs available in the west, classified according to their chemical constituents, properties and actions, indicated uses and suggested dosages. Students of eastern medical theory will find the western herbs cross-referenced to the Chinese and Ayurvedic (Indic) systems of herbal therapies. This is a useful handbook for practitioners as well as readers with a general interest in herbology.
"...an important and crucial beginning in trying to go beyond culture-bound herbalism to a new cosmopolitan usage of the power of nature's universal green pharmacy."
Ted Kaptchuk Author, The Web That Has No Weaver
Dr. Michael Tierra, C.A., N.D., is author of THE WAY OF HERBS. He is one of this country's most respected herbalists, a practitioner and teacher who has taught and lectured widely. His eclectic back- ground studies in American Indian herbalism, the herbal system of Dr. John Christopher, and traditional oriental systems of Indian and China, contribute a special richness to his writing.
This practical handbook and reference guide is a landmark publication in this field. For unprecedented usefulness in practical applications, the author provides a comprehensive listing of the more than 400 medicinal herbs available in the west, classified according to their chemical constituents, properties and actions, indicated uses and suggested dosages. Students of eastern medical theory will find the western herbs cross-referenced to the Chinese and Ayurvedic (Indic) systems of herbal therapies. This is a useful handbook for practitioners as well as readers with a general interest in herbology.
"...an important and crucial beginning in trying to go beyond culture-bound herbalism to a new cosmopolitan usage of the power of nature's universal green pharmacy."
Ted Kaptchuk Author, The Web That Has No Weaver
Dr. Michael Tierra, C.A., N.D., is author of THE WAY OF HERBS. He is one of this country's most respected herbalists, a practitioner and teacher who has taught and lectured widely. His eclectic back- ground studies in American Indian herbalism, the herbal system of Dr. John Christopher, and traditional oriental systems of Indian and China, contribute a special richness to his writing.