The 5th and final volume in a masterwork for students of herbalism and practicing herbalists.
Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals 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. Organized 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. For each formula Dr. Stansbury
briefly explains how the selected herbs address the specific condition. Sidebars and
user-friendly lists help readers quickly choose which herbs are best for specific presentations
and detail traditional uses of both Western and traditional Asian formulas and herbs that are
readily available in the United States. Volume 5 focuses on autoimmune and allergic conditions
including allergic rhinitis (hay fever) asthma hives and food sensitivities. A chapter on
ears eyes nose mouth and throat includes herbal therapies for eye infections glaucoma and
other eye conditions sinus infections colds and sore throats and tooth decay and oral
infections. A chapter on the musculoskeletal system covers common conditions such as sore
muscles and bruising as well as chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia arthritis and
osteoporosis. Each chapter includes a materia medica section that describes individual herbs
with tips on their properties modes of action and the specific symptoms each plant best
addresses. These formularies are also a tutorial for budding herbalists on the sophisticated
art of fine-tuning an herbal formula for the constitution and overall health condition of an
individual patient rather than prescribing a one-size-fits-all treatment for a basic
diagnosis. The text aims to teach by example helping clinicians develop their own intuition
and ability to create effective herbal formulas. Previous volumes include Digestion and
Elimination (Volume 1) Circulation and Respiration (Volume 2) Endocrinology (Volume 3) and
Neurology Psychiatry and Pain Management (Volume 4).
