--- product_id: 123226851 title: "The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification" price: "31.34 DT" currency: TND in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/123226851-the-practice-of-traditional-western-herbalism-basic-doctrine-energetics-classification store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification **Price:** 31.34 DT **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification - **How much does it cost?** 31.34 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/123226851-the-practice-of-traditional-western-herbalism-basic-doctrine-energetics-classification) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism places the function of western herbs in their true historical context, apart from homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, and Ayurveda. Recently there has been a revival of interest in western herbalism, but practitioners haven't been able to explore its benefits due to a void of information on the topic—the system of medicine the herbs fit into had all but disappeared. To remedy the situation, herbalist Matthew Wood has researched the old-time practices and reconstructed them for modern use. In resuscitating western herbal medicine and bringing it up to date, he gives his readers a powerful tool for holistic theory and treatment. Wood makes the point that plant medicines, because they are made from a broad range of chemical components, are naturally suited for the treatment of general patterns in the body. He argues against the biomedical model of standardization, in which herbs are refined and advertised as if they were drugs suited to an exact disease or condition. 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the great fortune to study herbs with Matthew Wood - I had the great fortune to study herbs with Matthew Wood, and the unpublished, unedited manuscript of this book was the class book for one of his classes.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 | #886,565 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #138 in Herbal Remedies (Books) #659 in Herbal Remedies (Kindle Store) #1,137 in Alternative & Holistic Medicine | ## Images ![The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism: Basic Doctrine, Energetics, and Classification - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81UfKSQkBWL.jpg) ## 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. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Western Herbalism *by M***R on March 6, 2026* Great book. 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