A Working Herbal Dispensary - Respecting Herbs As Individuals

A beautifully illustrated guide on how to understand and engage with medicinal herbs.

List of contents

Herbs by common name Herbs by Latin name

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: A RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP

1 The importance of understanding herbs as individuals

2 The actions of herbs in physiological healing

3 Energetic actions: Tibetan medicine and the interplay with the elements

4 Healing the emotions and encouraging connection to the whole

PART TWO: THE HERBS

5 Introducing the herbs

6 Ways of taking herbs

Glossary of physiological actions Historical and modern sources Name index 407 Subject index

About the author

Lucy Jones is a medical herbalist with a busy high street practice in Somerset, UK. She grows or gathers the majority of the herbs that she works with and is a passionate proponent of self-sufficient herbalism. Prior to qualifying in western herbalism, she studied Tibetan Medicine with the great master Khenpo Troru Tsenam. This experience deeply influences her approach to therapeutic practice as well as the way that she grows and processes her herbs. She originally trained in Agriculture and Forestry and has two degrees from the University of Oxford.

Summary

A beautifully illustrated guide on how to understand and engage with medicinal herbs.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Jones
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2023
• EAN: 9781801520423
• ISBN: 978-1-80152-042-3
• Dimensions: 245 mm x 190 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 1400 g
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Esoterics; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies, MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, Complementary therapies, healing & health, Complementary therapies, healing and health, Traditional medicine and herbal remedies, Traditional medicine & herbal remedies, Tibetan Buddhism, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies, nature; herbal medicine; herbalism; herbs; plants