The majority of books on herbal Medicine teach students about individual plants and the disorders they help to correct.
This is done by stopping Dosha Vriddhi (Dosha accumulation) in the Mulasthana (primary location), the Dhatus (tissues) and the Srotamsi (channels).
This textbook teaches about real Life problems and which herbs, or combination of herbs, could be used to stop the pathology associated with it.
The problem with this approach is that people end up using the herbs symptomatically.
The majority of books on herbal Medicine teach students about individual plants and the disorders they help to correct