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# The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification

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Review: I had the great fortune to study herbs with Matthew Wood - I had the great fortune to study herbs with Matthew Wood, and the unpublished, unedited manuscript of this book was the class book for one of his classes. I still have the spiral bound book from class, and I have also purchased this book for my library. The published version has been truncated from the manuscript, but the main essence of the book remained and herbal information intact. Matthew Wood has a vast knowledge of herbs coupled with his knowledge of the body's systems. He is intuitive with his approach and combines that with his knowledge of herbs. He also works homeopathically with herbal tinctures. This book is the book that I refer to the most for this knowledge and remedies. Note that I was a book seller, and my personal library has about 400 volumes of various herbal books, including old herbalist volumes out of print and not available. This book is succinct for remedies and cross-referencing is easy. This is a must for every herbalist whether seasoned or beginner.
Review: The key to Western Herbalism - This is the single most useful book on Western Herbalism I've ever seen, the key that lets you figure out how a condition will interact with a plant. Without this system of energetics, choosing a remedy is reduced to picking one of many plants that may or may not help a condition, among long lists of properties. It gives us a vocabulary to treat the whole person, rather than just battling their symptoms as allopathic medicine does. When you battle symptoms, you ignore the body they're in and often weaken it. You may win the battle but lose the war. This is the overall strategy for restoring harmony, and goes beyond the three categories of building, eliminating and maintaining -- which are about as much theory as other authors go into. Imagine having to consult a book just to add 2 + 4, and not even being able to recognize that 4 + 2 gives the same result. Knowing this system is akin to learning simple addition: whereas everyone else is stuck memorizing addition tables or looking them up each time, you just know the answer. You don't have to memorize tons of information for a plant, just the keys to its energetic action.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #78,369 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #101 in Herbal Remedies (Books) #2,884 in Medical Books (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (326) |
| Dimensions  | 5.98 x 0.78 x 8.95 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1556435037 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1556435034 |
| Item Weight  | 1.04 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 300 pages |
| Publication date  | May 10, 2004 |
| Publisher  | North Atlantic Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I had the great fortune to study herbs with Matthew Wood
*by S***N on February 16, 2015*

I had the great fortune to study herbs with Matthew Wood, and the unpublished, unedited manuscript of this book was the class book for one of his classes. I still have the spiral bound book from class, and I have also purchased this book for my library. The published version has been truncated from the manuscript, but the main essence of the book remained and herbal information intact. Matthew Wood has a vast knowledge of herbs coupled with his knowledge of the body's systems. He is intuitive with his approach and combines that with his knowledge of herbs. He also works homeopathically with herbal tinctures. This book is the book that I refer to the most for this knowledge and remedies. Note that I was a book seller, and my personal library has about 400 volumes of various herbal books, including old herbalist volumes out of print and not available. This book is succinct for remedies and cross-referencing is easy. This is a must for every herbalist whether seasoned or beginner.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The key to Western Herbalism
*by L***Y on March 27, 2014*

This is the single most useful book on Western Herbalism I've ever seen, the key that lets you figure out how a condition will interact with a plant. Without this system of energetics, choosing a remedy is reduced to picking one of many plants that may or may not help a condition, among long lists of properties. It gives us a vocabulary to treat the whole person, rather than just battling their symptoms as allopathic medicine does. When you battle symptoms, you ignore the body they're in and often weaken it. You may win the battle but lose the war. This is the overall strategy for restoring harmony, and goes beyond the three categories of building, eliminating and maintaining -- which are about as much theory as other authors go into. Imagine having to consult a book just to add 2 + 4, and not even being able to recognize that 4 + 2 gives the same result. Knowing this system is akin to learning simple addition: whereas everyone else is stuck memorizing addition tables or looking them up each time, you just know the answer. You don't have to memorize tons of information for a plant, just the keys to its energetic action.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Comprehensive and Then Some
*by V***R on August 5, 2012*

Excellent book on western herbalism! This book is chock full of detailed factual information about each plant. In addition to the drawings and facts the author has included information he has intuited, personal observations and some snippets of case histories from his practice as an herbalist. I particularly appreciated his clear reverence for Nature and Earth. Many books on herbalism are best as reference sources. You pick them up to research a particular symptom or to look up a plant and its attributes. Matthew Wood's books are unique in this genre as they make a good read. I read this book from cover to cover and it is both interesting and enjoyable. It is also a valuable reference - one to which I will frequently refer.

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