Traditional Western Herbal Medicine

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By Elisabeth Brooke

This book synthesizes and elaborates on all the enduring information on the Western Healing Tradition and from the author’s own herbal practice.

It has charts, diagrams, tables, and cross-references to enable the interested Practitioner to incorporate  the Western Herbal Traditioninto their practice.

It shows how using Planetary Energies and the Wheel of the Year deepens our understanding of the action of Medicinal Plants on the body and establishes the Practitioner within their environment, allowing them to use Planetary Energies to determine the peak times to harvest and use herbal remedies and to locate health and sickness within the Holistic paradigm of Western Traditional Herbal Medicine.

This fascinating new title by Elisabeth Brooke will be of interest to anyone involved in the theory or practice of herbal medicine.

Elisabeth Brooke qualified as a medical herbalist with the National Institute of Medical Herbalists in 1980 and trained as a psychosynthesis counselor at the Psychosynthesis and Education Trust in London. She also opened and ran a training clinic for herbal students in London and worked in private practice specializing in clients from the arts. At present she divides her time between Santo Domingo and London.

5″ x 8″

192 pages