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The practice of traditional western herbalism : basic doctrine, energetics, and classification
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The practice of traditional western herbalism : basic doctrine, energetics, and classification

Author: Matthew Wood
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : North Atlantic Books, ©2004.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Matthew Wood
ISBN: 1556435037 9781556435034
OCLC Number: 54408482
Description: x, 289 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: The forgotten language of energetics : the green tongue -- The four qualities : energetics of ancient western medicine -- The six tissue states : forgotten energetics of nineteenth-century Western medicine -- Specific medicine : energetics of the medicinal substance -- The fountain of life : the energetic organism -- Organs and systems : primary structures of the body -- The three primary constitutions : assessment of the whole person -- Sedatives : heat, or the excited tissue state -- Relaxants : wind, or the constrictive tissue state -- Nutrative tonics : dry, or the atrophic tissue state -- Astringents : damp flowing, or the relaxed tissue state -- Alteratives or blood purifiers : damp stagnation, or the torpid tissue state -- Stimulants : cold, or the depressed tissue state.
Responsibility: Matthew Wood.
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