Clinical Herbalism

Rachel Lord, Registered Nurse and Master Clinical Herbalist, has been practicing and teaching basic and advanced herbalism for thirty-five years. She created and ran a Colorado state approved herbal program. Her experience developing curriculum for her school prompted her to write this text - the one she wished she had had all along. The book covers everything an herbalist needs to know and fills in the gaps and holes for beginners, self-taught herbalists, and experienced clinicians alike. It is the perfect textbook for any herb program, complete with an online manual for educators. Rachel loves to gather, check out and commune with the wild medicine growing in her local Colorado Rocky Mountains and believes we have been gifted with an important bounty of plant medicine that we must nurture and protect.

• Chapter 1 From the HeartChapter 2 History of HerbalismChapter 3 Philosophical Constructs of HerbologyChapter 4 Taxonomy and Botany for HerbalistsChapter 5 Wildcrafting, Preparation, Storage and PurchasingChapter 6 Types of Herbal RemediesChapter 7 Preparation of Tinctures, Infused Oils, Salves, Lotions, Creams, and SyrupsChapter 8 Chemical Constituents for HerbalistsChapter 9 Basic Concepts of Chinese MedicineChapter 10 Energetics and Western HerbologyChapter 11 Basic Materia MedicaChapter 12 Materia Medica GroupingsChapter 13 Herbal SafetyChapter 14 Formulating, Dispensing and DosingChapter 15 History, Assessment, and DocumentationChapter 16 Maintaining the Body in HealthChapter 17 Infection and ToxicosisChapter 18 The gastrointestinal SystemChapter 19 The Hepatobiliary SystemChapter 20 The Respiratory SystemChapter 21 PediatricsChapter 22 The Cardiovascular SystemChapter 23 The Neurological SystemChapter 24 The Musculoskeletal SystemChapter 25 The Integumentary SystemChapter 26 The Urinary SystemChapter 27 The Endocrine systemChapter 28 The Reproductive SystemChapter 29 Herbal LegalitiesChapter 30 Building Your Practice