The Ecology of Herbal Medicine introduces botanical medicine through an in-depth exploration of the land, presenting a unique guide to plants found across the American Southwest. An accomplished herbalist and geographer, Dara Saville offers readers an ecological manual for developing relationships with the land and plants in a new theoretical approach to using herbal medicines.

Designed to increase our understanding of plants' rapport with their environment, this trailblazing herbal speaks to our innate connection to place and provides a pathway to understanding the medicinal properties of plants through their ecological relationships. With thirty-nine plant profiles and detailed color photographs, Saville provides an extensive materia medica in which she offers practical tools and information alongside inspiration for working with plants in a way that restores our connection to the natural world.

ACCLAIM
"Move over, Michael Moore: Dara Saville's ecological herbal is the most unique and refreshing view on the healing power of plants-for both human health and land health-to be published in decades!"-Gary Paul Nabhan, author of Food from the Radical Center: Healing Our Land and Communities

"A unique ecological perspective for the use of herbal medicine in the Southwest."-Kelly Kindscher, editor of Echinacea: Herbal Medicine with a Wild History

"Dara Saville's ecological herbal will be an often-consulted volume on my bookshelf for years to come!"-Judith Phillips, author of Growing the Southwest Garden: Regional Ornamental Gardening

ABOUT THIS AUTHOR
Dara Saville is the founder of and a primary instructor at Albuquerque Herbalism as well as the executive director of the Yerba Mansa Project, a local nonprofit in Albuquerque, New Mexico, focused on ecological restoration along the Middle Rio Grande.