Product Description

Containing over 900 entries of general disease conditions and corresponding herbal treatments, this book covers: therapeutic action, 550 monographs of medicinal plants, and the properties of herbs and preparations such as tinctures, liquid extracts, poultices and essential oils.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38637 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10-29
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 490 pages

The Epoch Times
Bartrams Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine is a great and extensive encyclopedia

About the Author
Thomas Bartram, fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, Royal Society of Health and Health Food Institute, has practised medical herbalism for over 40 years. He founded Gerard House, international innovators of herbal medicine, in 1958, and his magazine, Grace, enjoys worldwide circulation.

Customer Reviews

Wouldn't be without it!
Indispensible guide to just about every illness, symptom and it's herbal remedy, including dosages of each herb and the different ways it can be taken. It's arranged in alphabetical order without any cross-referencing needed and even unknown words can be looked up within the alphabetical text. It's full of knowledge, easy to use and I've even ordered copies for my friends who keep asking if they can borrow it!

a useful reference but a little allopathic in it's approach
I am a medical herbalist and a member of the International Register of Consultant Herbalists.I do find this book a useful reference and frequently use it. My one reservation is that it uses the allopathic approach to prescribing. What I mean by this is the assumption that a particular illness can be treated with a particular set of herbs. This risks ignoring the specific causal factors in a case and encourages herbs to be prescribed based upon the symptoms or disease label.Having said this there is a lot of useful information in the book and a lot of experience has been put down on paper for the reader.

550 herbs
Its the best reference book I have. If you have better, PLEASE email me!!! Its got 550 herbs (dosages & properties etc), countless illnesses, many foods, names of famous people & organisations to look up as well as a great & thorough appendix for contacts (mainly UK) & further research.