Contents
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Medicinal Plants and Their Traditions: A Complex of Ideas
Chapter 2. "I've Always Got By": The Voice of a Modern Herbalist
Chapter 3. Health Matters in a Changing Community
Chapter 4. Self-Treatment in the Community: A Cultural Force
Chapter 5. Acquiring Herbal Knowledge
Chapter 6. The Practice: Setting and Visitors
Chapter 7. The Practice: Treating Ailments and Symptoms
Chapter 8. Reflections on the Region and Beyond
Notes
Annotated Bibliography
Index