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Human Health and Its Maintenance with the Aid of Medicinal Plants was written by Julian Barker and published in 2020 by AEON Books. The excerpt includes the title page, table of contents, preface, and sections 19-21 from Part Three: Plants.

Barker, a practicing herbalist and instructor with decades of experience, generates an in-depth discussion on integrative and holistic health in this text, focusing on wellness of the whole person instead of disease states. The book is divided into three parts. Part One, Poise, describes the broad outline of terms used, the limitations of current health models, and theories of wellness, biology, and ecology. Part Two, People: Within and Without the Clinic, deals more specifically with various medicine practices, the social aspects of being a practitioner, and clinical theory. Part Three, Plants, becomes even more detail-oriented on the subject of medicinal plants and includes a lengthy list of complaints followed by an equally in-depth materia medica. This text primarily is aimed at beginner practitioners or those that wish to increase their knowledge base.

Human Health and Its Maintenance with the Aid of Medicinal Plants can be purchased from the publisher in the United States and Canada or in the United Kingdom and Europe.

 

©2020 AEON Books. This material is reprinted with permission from the publisher and may not be used for any other purpose.

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