伝統的西洋ハーブ療法の実践：基本原則、エネルギー学、分類

Finally a book that treats western herbalism as its own system instead of comparing it to TCM every other page. The energetics and classification sections are worth the price alone, and I keep flipping back to the doctrine chapters while blending tinctures. It's dense, but in a good way.

I've read a lot of herb books that lump western plants in with TCM theory, so it was refreshing to see one that treats western herbalism on its own terms. The chapter on basic doctrine finally made the hot/cold and dry/moist distinctions click for me.

The energetics and classification sections finally make the materia medica click for me—I’ve been flipping back to the doctrine chapters constantly since I started reading. It’s dense, but the way it separates this tradition from TCM and Ayurveda cleared up years of confusion I had with other herb b