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The Book of Herbal Wisdom 
Matthew Wood
In "The Book of Herbal Wisdom," Matthew Wood creates a vast and sweeping history of herbalism, drawing on Western botanical knowledge, homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Native American shamanic botany. Detailing the history and use of more than forty plants, he shows how each tradition views a plant, as well as its use in cases drawn form his own herbal and homeopathic practice.
An initial section describes signatures, similars, and patterns in these traditions, and elements, termperaments, and constitutions.
Wood has two obejctives: to demonstrate how herbal medicines are agents of healing and wisdom, and to give the reader a useful catalogue of plants for medicinal uses.
His clinical observations of his patients bear the wry wisdom of a country doctor; his love of plants is evident in lush botanical descriptions, which show the connections between remedies - whether homeopathic, Chinese or Native American - and the plants from which they are derived.
ISBN: 9781556432323
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