Product Description

Newly revised to include the latest developments in the field of herbal medicine, this classic bestseller presents a fascinating account of the ideas, personalities, advances, and vicissitudes that have shaped the course of medicine and pharmacology in the Western world. The author provides an eloquent and engaging account of the use of herbal medicine from prehistoric times to the present, reaffirming the incalculable value of medicinal plants in the healing arts. She presents a strong case for the cyclical emergence of alternative medicine at times (such as our own) when allopathic methods of treatment have lost their safety and efficacy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #457502 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.10" h x 6.00" w x 9.00" l, 1.38 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 1 pages

Review
"Here are the highs and lows, the compassion and the competition and the pain and the joys of 2000 plus years of western herbal medicine. Well-written and extensive."

From the foreword by Norman R. Farnsworth, Professor of Pharmocognosy, University of Illinois Medical Center
A modern classic that can be consulted by all of those interested in getting a keener insight into... drug therapy...

Richard Evans Schultes, Jeffrey Professor of Biology and Director of the Botanical Museum, emeritus, Harvard University
To congratulate Barbara Griggs is not only a pleasure but a duty, for she has given us a useful tool...