Table of Contents

Prologue     vii
Introduction to the Second Edition     1
Where is the Male Medicine of Folkloric Wisdom?: Or, Why Can't I Call a Guynecologist?     3
Recycling Our Heritage: An Introduction to Herbalism and Related Issues     10
The Male-Female Connection: Nourishing Our Likenesses and Our Differences     23
Green's Hypotheses: About Male Herbs, Bitter Foods, and Fathers     27
A Technology of Independence: A Succinct Course in Preparing Teas, Tinctures, and Other Herbal Extracts     38
Picking the Right Herbs: The Actions of Herbs and the Language of Herbalism     49
Specific Male Health Care: Let the Forest Be With You     69
Heart Health     69
Stress and the Immune System     79
Prostate Health     87
A Healthy Reproductive System     103
Herbal Viagras: The Safe Aphrodisiacs     118
Fertility, Longevity, and the Pleasure of Life     131
General Health Care: From Vitamins and Sweeteners to Healthy Skin and the Topic of Hair     142
Materia Medica: Nomenclature officinalis     163
A Western Constitutional Health Model: Know Thyself Well     169
The Male Herbal: 72 Remarkable Herbs for Men and Boys (and the Women They Love)     222
And We Wonder Where the Seedsof Male Maturity Fall: Our Venerable Males     307
Bibliography     311
Resources     313
Glossary     321
Endnotes     329
Index     330