Body Into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self-Care

I bought this book for an herbal medicine class I am in. It has been helpful for me, as a beginner to herbal medicine. Lots of information, approachable concepts. I have found the index to be annoying--and incomplete--though. When looking up herbs, it has them listed in multiple places (understandably, since many medicinal herbs benefit many different parts of the body), but this can make it hard to find a concise list if uses/plant parts/dried vs fresh/energy, etc. Often, it is difficult to find the herb even mentioned on the reference page. Additionally, I have found at least one missing reference: When looking up Mahonia spp, it says to see "Oregon Grape," but when looking in the Os for Oregon Grape, it is nowhere to be found. Frustrating, as Oregon Grape is something our instructor talks about often in our class. There are lots of good recipes, some of which I have tried and find very useful (the Sleep Tea in particular...amazing!), but I find over and over that I wish there was a recipe index as it is very hard to find these recipes when you decide you want to make one of them. Overall, this has been a good beginner book for me with lots of information, but I think it's most useful as a text book and not so much as a reference book. I will need to find one of those.