Complete Guide to Medicinal Herbs
Penelope Ody, MNIMH, studied chemistry at Bristol University and was for many years a business and technical journalist. She studied herbal medicine at the School of Phytotherapy in Sussex, England, and went on to attend the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Guangzhou. She is a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and a Fellow of the Herb Society. Penelope Ody ran her own practice in Buckinghamshire for 12 years and has written several books on herbal medicine and home remedies, including 100 Great Natural Remedies, Handbook of Over-the-Counter Herbal Medicines, Simple Healing with Herbs, Sage: A Remedy for the Third Age, Practical Chinese Medicine, and DK's Home Herbal and Pocket Medicinal Herbs.