"560 herbs & remedies for common ailments"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The development of herbal medicine. How medicinal plants work -- Active constituents -- Quality control -- Early origins to the 19th century -- 20th and 21st centuries -- Europe -- India and the Middle East -- China, Japan, and Southeast Asia -- Africa -- Australia and New Zealand -- North America -- South America -- Key medicinal plants. A visual guide to 100 key herbs from around the world with details of their habitat, constituents, actions, traditional and current uses, and information on the latest research. Also included are key preparations and practical self-help uses -- Other medicinal plants. 450 other herbs from different herbal traditions with descriptions of their therapeutic properties and past and present uses -- Herbal remedies for home use. Growing medicinal plants -- Harvesting & processing -- Making herbal remedies -- Using herbal remedies safely -- Remedies for common ailments.

In this updated, expanded, and fully redesigned edition of his classic, author Andrew Chevallier--a fellow and former president of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists--combines the latest scientific research with the traditional and folkloric use of the plants to give detailed information about the benefits and constituents of more than 560 herbs, from aloe vera and cardamom through to witch hazel and yarrow.