The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism: A Comprehensive Guide to Practical Herbal TherapyA clear and comprehensive reference on the full range of healing herbs and remedies • An indispensable guide to the herbal remedies most used in the Anglo-American and European traditions • Defines each remedy in terms of its main pharmacological actions and usual therapeutic applications • A useful reference to the application of traditional medicines for modern health problems for the professional and lay use. |
Contents
The Great Gesture | |
The Embodied Cross | |
The Two Taboos | |
The Vertical Axis | |
The Horizontal Bar | |
The Current of the Life Force | |
Somatic Koans | |
The Riddle of the Body | |
God in Every Cell | |
Movement Is Life | |
Breathing the Body | |
Who Am I? | |
The Great Gesture Revisited | |
Ganja and the Ganges | |
The Song of Mahamudra | |
Acknowledgments | |
Other editions - View all
The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism: A Comprehensive Guide to Practical ... Simon Y. Mills No preview available - 1997 |
The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism: A Comprehensive Guide to Practical ... No preview available - 1985 |
The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism: A Comprehensive Guide to Practical ... No preview available - 1988 |
Common terms and phrases
acid Actions adaptogen alkaloids alkaloids including anti-inflammatory antiseptic antispasmodic Applications Asia astringent awareness bark bitter principle body bowel breath bronchial carminative catarrh Caution chamomile cholagogue chronic circulatory stimulant congestive Constituents cough demulcent diaphoretic disease diuretic Dosage dried herb equivalent dried root equivalent dysmenorrhoea effect embodied cross energies equivalent three especially expectorant feel fever management flatulence flavonoids flowers function glycosides grams of dried Habitat healing hepatic herb equivalent three herbal remedies herbalist horizontal bar hormonal inflammation inflammatory irritation Koans laxative leaves liver Mahamudra menstrual metres in height mind movement mucilage nervous North America notably odour officinalis pain perennial herb perennial plant peripheral vasodilator plant practice practitioners pregnancy problems reduce resin respiratory rhizome root equivalent three saponins seeds sensations smooth Somatic Koans stems surrender symptoms tannins taste tension throughout Britain Tilopa tissues ulcers urinary infections vasodilator vertical axis volatile oil volatile oil including yellow yoga of balance