Reshaping Herbal Medicine

Foreword Preface Introduction: reshaping herbal medicine: the context Section One: Knowledge, education and professional culture 1. Determining professional identity: an exploration of the factors, which characterise the nature of a profession 2. Professional education and practitioner identity Section Two: The traditions of Herbal Medicine 3. Chinese herbal medicine: the history and context to statutory self-regulation 4. A brief history of Traditional Tibetan Medicine and its introduction to the United Kingdom 5. The development of integrated medicine with reference to the history of Ayurvedic medicine 6. Western herbal medicine - gender, culture and orthodoxy 7. The relationship of classical Greek medicine to contemporary Western herbalism: an exploration of the idea of 'holism' Section Three: Problems with knowledge, education and culture in the development of the herbal medicine profession 8. Patient safety and practitioner identity: the move towards statutory self-regulation 9. Herbs and herbalists: professional identity and the protection of practice 10. Culture and knowledge in the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine 11. Knowledge, skills and competence: an exploration of the education and professional formation of herbalists 12. Knowledge and myths of knowledge in the 'science' of herbal medicine