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This is NOT Culpeper's 'Complete' Herbal!... 'and, in fact, is reminiscent of the very sort of 'Version' of his book that he himself warns against! The absolute Majority of his invaluable 'instructive work' has been omitted, thus making this not much more than a collected list of herbs. Simple lists of herbs (including their properties) can be found a dime a dozen! What is truly and MOST valuable regarding Culpeper's 'true work' is the effort he put forth to provide instruction regarding almost every aspect of herbal medicine & its various preparations. How very sad that any publisher would so sloppily and frankly, destructively chop apart a masterful work such as Culpeper endeavoured to provide. The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper can be found, available in multiple digital formats, on Project Gutenberg's site at Gutenberg o r g. The instruction that Culpeper provides is truly invaluable to any who wish to either learn (as a beginner to) or strengthen (as a practitioner of) herbal medicine. In CULPEPER’S ORIGINAL EPISTLE TO THE READER, he vehemently warns against both versions of his own book which have been falsely put forward, as well as other herbal treatises by other authors who give list of herbs without an accompanying proper instruction as to how & why such herbs can & should be prepared & used. Culpeper was a great healer who put forth a tremendous effort to provide sound instruction to the lay-practitioner (i.e. the common person) on how to care for a majority of their ailments along with a deepened understanding of the overall balance of their body & well being. He was even persecuted (to some degree) by the College of Physicians for having revealed such knowledge, & thus effectively diminishing, if not neutralising, their oppressive monopoly over the common public at the time. 'And within his actual book, he even critisises the College for giving the public vast lists of herbs, and yet not revealing how to utilise them. 'Any who would reprint his work, any who would profit from his work (whether financially or knowledgeably) should realise the duty we have to fully respect his work, his effort, his bequeathal to us all. I encourage all to not 'Settle for being spoon-fed' an attenuated version of his work that someone else is not only falsely putting forth as his actual 'Complete' Herbal work, but is then inappropriately reaping a profit from. Look for his true Complete Herbal... if you are truly interested in deepening your knowledge of herbal medicine, it will be well worth your effort. Namaste