On the whole this is a really good book for the beginner and serves as an excellent introduction, it's well written and easy to follow. It gives some history and explanations of each of the remedies and suggests circumstances to use them. The case studies were interesting and were based on common situations that occur for horse and rider. This book has left me wanting to find out more about the rememdies and how I can use them. This book wont make you an able practioner but it will give you good basic information, put it in context and give you the abilty to have a go. I would recommend it.