![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Numerous tables enable readers to select herbs for self-treatment of various illnesses, although they are cautioned against such action in the customary small print on the copyright page. A short history of herbal use in various cultures is followed by illustrated monographs of some 85 representative plant drugs and a section on the preparation of various dosage forms. Thus, English herbalist Penelope Ody frustrates the reader’s search for herbal truth much as her namesake, the wife of Odysseus, frustrated her many suitors. And no references are provided that could help careful readers to determine which is which. Much of the information presented as authoritative is not errors of commission and omission abound and many of the assertions are based on hope or belief rather than on scientific or clinically proven facts. This initial visual feast is likely to lure some readers into believing that the text is equally useful. Typically, they picture the various parts used of the medicinal herbs, fresh and dried, together with some of the dosage forms prepared from them. The colored illustrations are extremely well done and very numerous. This herbal is particularly hazardous because its appearance gives undeserved credibility. Author: Penelopy Ody Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, Inc., New York, N.Y. ![]()
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