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To the Heart of the Matter Since its establishment in 1864, the name of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists has been synonymous with the lineage of contemporary WHM. Having its origins in Physiomedicalism, the National Institute has, since its inception, influenced WHM practice by presenting an eclectic approach to herbal therapy, incorporating Physiomedicalist philosophies with contemporary physiological understanding (Mills 1991). This adaptation of physiological information, has been moderated by a phenomenological interpretation (Mills 1991), which has maintained the criteria of a vitalistic application. The academic influence of Physiomedicalist based herbal practice is evident in contemporary herbal texts and in the practice and teachings of Medical Herbalists. However, the emergence of the Phytotherapeutic approach in the 1980’s C.E. has begun to shift the focus of WHM practice towards a more biomedically-based approach (Griggs 1997). The therapeutic information presented in this dissertation is based upon the empirical traditions found within WHM. The therapeutic references used in the following discussion, have been chosen with the criteria that they are representative of the lineage of empirically based humoral or Physiomedicalist practice. Modern texts utilising purely biomedical arguments to support a herbal therapeutic approach have not been included as reference material in this dissertation. Similarly, use of the term ‘contemporary WHM’ within this work, refers to the lineage of empirical herbal practice, and excludes the more recent biomedically based approaches in Herbal Medicine. The discussion of specific herbal therapeutic actions/indications, which is the foundation of WHM, can be described as being the one area of WHM where the context of history becomes transparent. The herbal monographs employed in WHM, present pharmacological explanations of herb activities in juxtaposition with ancient traditional applications (for example the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1983 (BHMA 1983) ) and the popular Modern Herbal of Hilda Leyel 14 first published in 1931 (Leyel 1994). The language used in traditional and pharmacological descriptions of herbal activities can often differ, reflecting differences in the epistemological framework within which the information is presented (ibid.). However, within WHM texts, the biomedical definition of traditional herbal activities is rarely questioned and similarly the biomedical information is not used to rationalise traditional descriptions. Perhaps this is the epitome of good WHM practice, where data is presented as a basis for study and understanding and not as dogma. This approach is 14 Hilda Leyel. Herbal healer and co-founder of the Society of Herbalists in 1927. 16
To the Heart of the Matter accordant with the aims of this work, and in discussing specific herbal remedies, the origin and context of the information presented is clearly indicated. 17
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