New Green Pharmacy: The Story of Western Herbal Medicine

New Green Pharmacy - The Story of Western Herbal Medicine

This is a fascinating, authoritative, and highly accessible guide to the development of herbal medicine in the Western world.

Since the mid-1980s, medicines extracted from plants - phytopharmaceuticals - have become big business globally, and herbal medicine is recognised increasingly by doctors as a valid and effective treatment for a wide range of diseases.

First published to great professional acclaim in 1981, Barbara Griggs' enthralling herbal bestseller has been fully updated to take account of the latest developments in modern herbal research and practice.

The global rise of Traditional Chinese medicine, the struggle for legitimacy of herbal practitioners and manufacturers, and the race against the clock to develop new drugs for HIV and cancer from plants in the fast-shrinking rainforest: these are among the themes which make New Green Pharmacy compelling reading for all those with an interest in the future of herbal medicine.