The Earthwise Herbal, Volume II

A Complete Guide to New World Medicinal Plants

Matthew Wood

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North Atlantic Books,U.S.
15 July 2011

Traditional medicine & herbal remedies

One of the most thorough manuals to appear in the herbal marketplace in years, this second book (of a two-volume set) from successful author and registered herbalist Matthew Wood focuses on New World (North American) therapeutic ideas and medicinal plants and will appeal to both students and practitioners wanting to gain insight into the medicinal properties of herbs.

In this companion volume to The Earthwise Herbal- A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants, Matthew Wood, an expert herbalist who has used medicinal herbs with tens of thousands of patients over a twenty-five-year career, provides detailed descriptions of New World (North American) herbs and their uses. Organized as a materia medica (names and descriptions of herbs/plants are listed alphabetically), the book explains the use of the whole plant (not just ""active ingredients"") in the treatment of the whole person and describes symptoms and conditions that the plants have been successful in treating-from digestive ailments, headaches, and high blood pressure to asthma, skin rashes, and allergies, to name a few.

Wood, who has systematically studied ancient and traditional herbal literature, takes a historical view and presents information in a thoughtful, engaging, nontechnical style. In addition, he provides remarkable case studies as well as insight into the ""logic"" of each plant-its current and past usage, pharmacological constituents, and other elements that together produce a comprehensive portrait of each herb.

By: Matthew Wood
Imprint: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 629g
ISBN: 9781556437793
ISBN 10: 155643779X
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 15 July 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Matthew Wood, a practicing herbalist for more than twenty-five years, lives on an herb farm west of downtown Minneapolis. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and holds a Master of Science degree in Herbal Medicine from the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine, accredited by the University of Wales. Wood is the author of five previous books (all published by North Atlantic Books) and a registered herbalist, or professional member, of the American Herbalists Guild, the only self-regulating body of practicing herbalists in the United States. He is also on the faculty at Minneapolis Community Technical College in the Western Herbalism program.

Reviews for The Earthwise Herbal, Volume II: A Complete Guide to New World Medicinal Plants

In The Earthwise Herbal, Matthew Wood has revived the richness, depth, and dignity of the herbal medicine of the old masters, while at the same time endowing it with a new cosmopolitan, cross-cultural flavor that lifts it to a genuinely planetary level. --Rudolph Ballentine, MD, author of Radical Healing Matthew Wood propounds with great clarity, wisdom, and his own experience the gifts the earth in its wisdom has given us in the form of amazing medicines for almost all our ills, whether of body, mind, emotion, personality, or constitution. --Anne McIntyre, herbalist (NIMH) Matthew Wood has put his over 25 years of experience as a practicing herbalist into the heart of this book, giving us all something worthy of study and reference, no doubt for generations to come. His understanding of the spirit of herbalism, along with his love of the craft, is contagious--I sincerely hope many people will catch a good dose of his knowledge! -- dkMommySpot