Contents

Introduction 

Global Herbal Traditions 

The Chemistry of Herbs 

The Herbal Consultations

The Herbal Pharmacy

The Materia Medica 

Treating Common Ailment

Growing, Harvesting and Storing Herbs

Glossary of Terms

Index

Everything you need to know about plant medicine: the history, how it works, how to grow, gather and prepare herbs, and how to use them to create a herbal prescription.

Anne McIntyre is a Fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, a Member of the Ayurvedic Professionals Association, and a Member of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy. She has been practising herbal medicine and Ayurveda for 40 years, and gives consultations from her practice in Gloucestershire. She gives evening talks and runs regular courses in herbal medicine and Ayurveda for both practitioners and lay people.