This essential guide to medicinal plants includes herbal remedies for the most common ailments. With decades of clinical expertise, Dr. Asa Hershoff shares her highly accessible and useful guide to hundreds of herbs and their uses for specific conditions. The book's unique format helps readers quickly assess health conditions, and margins on each page depict icons of body parts for easy reference. An alphabetical listing of ailments provides information on each herb's source, dosage, and possible contraindications. Integrating the best of herbal tradition and science, this authoritative book is an essential guide for tapping the healing power of herbs.