Traditional Western Herbal Medicine : As Above So Below

This book synthesises and elaborates on all the extant informationon 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 Tradition into 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. For ease of use, the book is divided into two sections. The first details the philosophical framework within which traditional western herbalists can operate; looking at the four humours, and seven planets and the use of the diagnostic tool of the decumbiture chart. The work is so organised that the humoral system can be used without astrology, should that be the preference. The second part covers the practical application of the philosophy, how to collect, make and administer herbal remedies according to the planetary days and hours and the decumbiture chart. Examples of decumbiture charts are included to show how the philosophy is used in practice. Lastly, a materia medica of common herbs is also included.

• | Author: Elizabeth Brooke
• | Publisher: Aeon Books
• | Publication Date: Feb 18, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 340 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1911597205
• | ISBN-13: 9781911597209