{"product_id":"9781603587075","title":"Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals, Volume 1: Digestion and Elimination, including the Gastrointestinal System, Liver and Gallbladder, Urinary System, and the Skin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerbal Formularies for Health Professionals\u003c\/i\u003e is a five-volume set that serves as a comprehensive, practical reference manual for herbalists, physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. Dr. Jill Stansbury draws on her decades of clinical experience and her extensive research to provide an unparalleled range of herbal formulas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized by body system, each volume includes hundreds of formulas to treat common health conditions, as well as formulas that address specific energetic or symptomatic presentations, including Dr. Stansbury’s own formulas, formulas from herbal folklore, and formulas from Traditional Chinese Medicine. For each formula, Dr. Stansbury offers a brief explanation of how the selected herbs address the specific condition. The book offers many sidebars and user-friendly lists—helping readers quickly choose which herbs are best for specific presentations—and details traditional uses of both western herbs and traditional Asian herbs and formulas that are readily available in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume I focuses on digestive health and the emunctories, an herbal term referring to the organs of elimination: the gastrointestinal system, the urinary system, and the skin. This volume offers formulas and supporting information for treating gastrointestinal and biliary conditions, liver and gallbladder conditions, renal and urinary conditions, and dermatologic conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach volume in the set also includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ea discussion of how herbal therapy fits into an overall treatment plan or approach for a particular health condition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emodern research findings on individual herbs and their mode of action in the body\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003elists of herbs that might be beneficial for specific conditions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eadvice on botanicals to avoid for particular conditions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach chapter includes a materia medica section listing 50 or more individual herbs with tips on their properties, modes of action, and very specific symptoms each plant best addresses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese formularies are also a tutorial for budding herbalists on the sophisticated art of fine-tuning the precision of an herbal formula for the constitution and overall health condition of an individual patient, rather than a basic diagnosis. The text aims to teach via example, helping clinicians develop their own intuition and ability to create effective herbal formulas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume II (Circulation and Respiration) will be available in July 2018. Volume III (Endocrinology) will be published in fall 2018; Volumes IV (Neurology, Pyschiatry, and Pain Management) and V (Immunology, Orthopedics, and Otolarnygology) will be published in spring 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062372057328,"sku":"9781603587075","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781603587075_p0.jpg?v=1769902346","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781603587075","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}