awesome book about herbal medicines

July 25, 2006

Hi All,

I just got a new book last night that was recommended to me on

another group and it is fantastic!

The book is:

" Herbal Vade Mecum: 800 Herbs, Spices, Essential Oils, Lipids, Etc.-

Constituents, Properties, Uses, and Cautions " (Paperback)

by Gazmend Skenderi

If you are looking to start an herbal research library, this is where

you should begin. If you already have a library, this should be in

it. One of the things I love about the book is that it includes both

a medical and chemical terms glossary, as well as lists of ailments

and the herbs that are used to treat them. The number of herbs and

plants that are included is the most extensive of any of the books I

have, or of any that I have seen. It's a little technical, but not

nearly as much as the phytopharmaceutical book that I have, and, as I

mentioned earlier, it includes glossaries. Another thing that it

includes, (which a lot of books don't), is a caution section for each

plant which lists known interactions with other herbs and drugs.

Cynthia

BTW, Amazon is running a special... this book along with

" Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide

to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments "

by Andrew Chevallier (hardback) for $50.15, which is also an awesome

book, in fact, I am using this book for the initial entries in

my " Master Index of Herbal Names " that I am compiling. (This book

also has instructions on how to make a lot of the different types of

herbal preparations, like infusions, ointments, balms, creams and

more) If you could only have two books on herbs, my choice would be

these two.

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