The authoritative guide to more than 200 herbs and herbal preparations. Includes 120 pages of herbs and their properties, 240 pages of herbal prescriptions for common health problems, and 10 pages of herbal healing techniques. Organized from A-Z. An invaluable reference manual. Balch, 8 1/2"x11", 545 pp.

Table of Contents

Part One: Understanding Herbal Healing
Part Two: Herbal Prescriptions for Common Health Problems
Part Three: Techniques of Herbal Healing
Appendices

Excerpt from page 4
When a health condition is an immediate threat to life, treatment administered by a physician is always the best choice. Herbal, nutritional, and complementary treatments are out of place in emergency care. Or, as the distinguished complementary health expert Dr. Dean Ornish frequently comments, "I never tell a patient admitted to the emergency room with a heart attack that she should eat more broccoli."