Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #296079 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 624 pages

Synopsis
This is a unique book in combining accurate and precise botany with the depth of knowledge of a renowned practitioner. There are 130 botanical illustrations, including many originals, to aid with identification. The therapeutic information is based on more than 20 years of clinical experience and provides a wealth of information on the medicinal use of herbs both internally and externally. Precise information on dosage and preparation is given. The "Medicinal Flora" is an ideal practical reference for herbalists, students, conservationists, teachers and ecologists as well as amateur botanists and anyone with a passion for plants.

Customer Reviews

Great field guide that also has medicinal info
This book has very easy to follow keys and good plant descriptions along with their medicinal properties. It is great to have both things together in a well thought out and thorough style.

Worth every penny
This is an excellent book that covers a huge array of traditional British herbs and wildflowers - always an area of great interest to me as a student of herbal medicine! The text is witty and interesting and a real delight to peruse for the pleasure of it as well as being an extremely useful reference book. Perhaps the only arguement I would have with it is that trying to use the index to find certain plants takes perserverance as it does not go by page number. Once you get used to this, however, the book causes no further problems and covers a fascinating array of plants. Highly recommended.

Knowledge manifest
This is the only book that covers the medicinal flora of North Western Europe. Luckily it is intelligently designed and well-written: despite being a reference book it is a pleasure to read! See also Julian Barker's recent 'History, Philosophy and Medicine: Phytotherapy in Context'.