This book is a synthesis of traditions of herbal medicine from the East and West. It explores herbal fundamentals, discussing the nature of energetic herbalism and the energy of herbs, and listing more than a hundred pages of representative materia medica. Causes of disease, the energy of illness, the process of healing, and treatment of specific conditions are discussed in a subsequent section. The author then proceeds to a highly practical presentation of herbal therapeutics geared towards a range of medical conditions, offering readers hundreds of remedies, therapies, and preparations. A handy book to have around when blending herbs and especially when crossing the categorical boundaries of different schools of herbalism, this book is a useful addition to any complete herbal library.