A groundbreaking formula of interlocking ideas which integrate circadian physiology with the transformations that constitute human life.

Based on forty years of clinical practice, Julian Barker takes knowledge, information, and data from various disciplines, presenting an integrative model of health, linking circadian biology with the psychosocial human being.

He develops a theory that attempts to explain how medicinal plants modify human physiology and how they contribute to health.

Aimed at the student acquiring knowledge and developing the skills to practise medicine as well as the qualified herbal practitioner, this thought-provoking work breaks new ground in health theory.

About the Author

Julian Barker is the author of The Medicinal Flora of Britain and Northwestern Europe and History, Philosophy and Medicine: Phytotherapy in Context. He started his training as a herbalist in North and Central America then returned to Britain as an apprentice herb grower at Suffolk Herbs and joined the first cohort at the School of Herbal Medicine. He became a member of NIMH in 1982 and opened a multidisciplinary clinic in Brighton where he ran a training clinic until 2009. He has served on NIMH's Accreditation Board since 1998. Julian taught botany at the School of Herbal Medicine for over twenty years, and supervised BSc dissertations and taught philosophy on the MSc course in herbal medicine at the University of East London.

Reviews

'This book is a gem. Julian Barker is a graduate of the first (1978) cohort of the UK School of Phytotherapy who has been in full time clinical practice for over forty years; an accomplished independent scholar, he has also taught philosophy in graduate level herbal medicine. Kudos to Aeon Books for giving our collective privileged access to this summation of an individual lifetime's work... Barker's book supplies a provisional cartography of the world of western herbal medicine - a work-in-progress navigational aid for the individual practitioner and potential resource for the collective that can help advance our way of knowing our medicine for the coming period. It also assumes that the psycho-spiritual dimension of practice is at root about the self-transformation of the practitioner, which is another key to collective progress. For herbal students seriously intending to practice the medicine, this book is an incomparable resource - a gift that will keep on giving. For long time practitioners it could become an ever-ready companion to the contemplation of their own process.'
Jonathan Treasure, Integrative Holistic Practitioner & Master Herbalist

Book Information
ISBN 9781912807604
Author Julian Barker
Format Hardback
Page Count 590
Imprint Aeon Books Ltd
Publisher Aeon Books Ltd