Their Indications & Contraindications (A Materia Medica & Repertory)

In this long-awaited professional guide to the use of medicinal plants, one finds both a detailed materia medica and a user-friendly repertory. The materia medica takes up the first half of this scholarly volume, listing and describing 300 herbs as to their indications (first by energetics, then by body systems), known contraindications, and traditional dosages. In the second half, a detailed repertory appears, listing hundreds of indications and health conditions, which are then referenced back to the appropriate herbs in the materia medica. Rounded out with substantial introductions on the energetics of the four major herbal systems (Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Unani Tibb, and American Eclectic Medicine), a glossary, and a bibliography, this power-packed reference work is intended for serious students of herbal medicine as well as for herbal practitioners, all of whom will discover a veritable treasure trove of information within its pages.

Review

"A solid reference work based upon known information for the predominant uses and indications of herbs...a useful clinical manual." - Michael Tierra, A.H.G., L.Ac., O.M.D., author of The Way of Herbs and Planetary Herbology

About the Author

Matthew Alfs, M.H., A.H.G. is an herbal clinician and educator who has been trained in a variety of healing traditions, including modern Western phytotherapy, Amerindian plant medicine, the herbal therapeutics of America's Eclectic physicians of the nineteenth century, and Oriental medicine. He is a nationally-peer-reviewed professional member of the American Herbalists Guild, as well as a professional member of the American Botanical Council and a supporting member of the American Herb Association. He is the author of the mammoth and widely-acclaimed Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants of Minnesota & Wisconsin (2001) and has written numerous articles in journals and magazines on medicinal herbs, edible wild plants, and nature appreciation.