The concept for this book came from working in clinical situations in various African countries and seeing the challenge and need to have important information at one’s fingertips. It has developed into a comprehensive therapeutic guide designed for busy clinical practice anywhere in the world and a thematic materia medica for practical access to the main themes of a remedy. Therapeutic materia medicas are part of the history of homeopathy but there has been a need for an update to reflect modern homeopathic practice.

This book explores the possible use of endangered medicinal plants in Southern Africa from the perspective of Homeopathic Medicine. Certain important medicinal plants that have been overused and are now endangered were explored through the homeopathic experimental method to see if there are similar mechanisms of action from a homeopathic point of view as from a traditional medicine perspective. This cross fertilization process may allow for further exploration and also to see if these species can be preserved by using them as homeopathic medicines by communities throughout Southern Africa.