The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants in a Quick-Study, One-Stop Guide

Herbal medicine is the most time-tested healing tradition in the world, having evolved over hundreds

of thousands of years in disparate regions and diverse cultures. In The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine,

Second Edition, renowned herbalist Brigitte Mars draws from healing traditions around the world to

offer a concise, comprehensive, eclectic guide to the vast array of medicinal herbs commonly available

in North America. You'll find detailed monographs of more than 180 herbs, from the commonplace

tea and raspberry to the weedy dandelion and goldenrod to the more exotic ho shou wu and zedoary.

Each monograph gives a broad range of information about the herb, from its physiological effects and

constituents to its energetics, historical and current medicinal uses, edible properties, and natural range

--all in a quick-study format that allows you to access the information you need swiftly and simply.

When we welcome herbs into our lives and learn to use them safely, effectively, and confidently,

we empower ourselves to take charge of our own health. This one-stop reference is an invaluable

companion in that pursuit: the study, prescription, and use of herbs to achieve vibrant health, mitigate

illness, and correct physiological imbalances.

As she does in her many other books, Mars writes with the goal of guiding you toward the safe and

effective use of plants as healing and preventive medicine. Her forthright tone, pragmatic advice, and

gentle humor shine here, inviting you to use The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine as both a study aid and

a wide-ranging exploration of the plant realm.