The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants
“InThe Earthwise Herbal,Matthew Wood has revived the richness, depth, and dignity  of the herbal medicine of the old masters, while at the same time endowing it with  a new cosmopolitan, cross-cultural flavor that lifts it to a genuinely planetary  level.”—Rudolph Ballentine, MD, author ofRadical Healing“Matthew Wood propounds  with great clarity, wisdom, and his own experience the gifts the earth in its wisdom  has given us in the form of amazing medicines for almost all our ills, whether of  body, mind, emotion, personality, or constitution. How refreshing it is to find a  new herbal that explores the depths of each plant’s contribution and does not attribute  its powers solely or even mainly to its chemical constituents.”—Anne McIntyre, English  Herbalist“What [Matthew Wood] brings to herbalism is a first-hand sense of the old Western herbal knowledge with each plant steeped in its historic role.”—The American Herb Association“Another valuable resource by Wood, a practicing herbalist with 25 years experience under his belt. Part of a two volume set, this complete guide to old world medicinal plants describes the characteristic symptoms and conditions from a holistic perspective.”—Within Kingston Magazine