A complete handbook for the herbal practitioner, Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth contains the most up-to-date, detailed information on 192 valuable herbs including, dosage, specific indications, general uses, active constituents, and contraindications. The book also contains instructions on how to make tinctures, elixirs, suppositories, compresses, capsules, gruels, glycerites, oils, poultices and salves for all the most common ailments as well as some uncommon ailments. This one book will give you important information you need to know about harvesting, storage, preparation of herbal products, preparation of formulas, and clinical use of the most valuable herbs known to practitioners. For those new to herbal terminology, definitions of the words specific to herbal medicine are provided. A book that will quickly become your most trusted herbal reference source of information.