The energetics of Western herbs : a materia medica integrating Western and Chinese herbal therapeutics / Peter Holmes.

Cotati, California : Snow Lotus Press Inc., [2007]

2 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm

Revised & enlarged fourth edition.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Copy 1. Donor: Pat Deegan.

Vol.1. Part 1. Integrating Western and Oriental medicine traditions. Herbal medicine East and West: medical philosophy -- Herbal medicine East and West: medical theories -- The meaning of integration -- The materia medica reclassified -- The integral presentation -- Sources and antecedents -- Guidelines to herb administration -- Preparation forms and uses -- Part 2. The materia medica. Herbs for eliminating -- Herbs for restoring -- Vol. 2. Herbs for draining -- Herbs for altering and regulating -- Herbs for symptom treatment.