Traditional European Medicine: The Power of the Elements

This book gives an overview of what the European healing tradition is all about and then delves into the workings of the elements Fire, Water, Air and Earth and their influence on human health. It lists their qualities as they can be observed in the ages, the seasons, the diseases, the body organs, the senses, the different tastes and the "signature" of plants and lies the foundation for a systematic kind of phytotherapy.