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Botanical Medicine: A European Professional Perspective

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Medicine, whether conventional, homeopathic, or herbal, as it is practiced in America follows mainly a cause-and-effect approach. It seeks THE REMEDY that will cure the disease. Instead, Botanical Medicine teaches us wisely that disease is the result of a complex set of factors: metabolic terrain, lifestyle, social and physical environment, and psychological structure. The treatment of major diseases or minor disorders requires a combination of remedies, but each set should be individualized according to the person's constitution. My survival (I am now 72) is based on my studies of homeopathic and herbal medicine since I was in my 20s. This book was the latest and the most efficient contribution to this survival process. I expect that Requena and Kenner will soon update it to introduce herbs whose healing powers have been recently found in the advanced industrialized countries, although they were known since long to indigenous people in different parts of the world.

This wonderful book takes us into the world of European aromatherapy, or phytotherapy, as it relates to all the systems of the body. I especially like the unexpected blending of Chinese and European traditions of healing and how the essential oils play a crucial role in health. This is a great book for the more serious practitioners of aromatherapy as it is full of chemistry and medical terms. Laypeople will enjoy the in-depth descriptions of the herbs.

This book is so informative and helpful. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in healing oneself or family without pharmaceuticals and the often one dimensional allopathic doctors. Dan Kenner's background and career are noteworthy and his intelligence and knowledge clearly exude from this book. I collect health and herbal books and this is by far the best one I have found!!!

VG source of information about the energetics of european/western herbs. It is a reference - not a casual read.