Indian Herbalogy of North America

Author: Alma R. Hutchens
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0877736391
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An encyclopedia of North American medicinal plants, this classic herbalist’s guide goes inside Native American herbalism and other natural healing traditions around the world For more than twenty years, this pioneering work had served as a bible for herbalists throughout the world. It is an illustrated encyclopedic guide to more than two hundred medicinal plants found in North America, with descriptions of each plant’s appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use and dosage. Native American traditions are compared with traditional uses of the same plants among other cultures where the science of herbs has flourished, particularly in Russia and China. Included is an annotated bibliography of pertinent books and periodicals.

A Handbook of Native American Herbs

Author: Alma R. Hutchens
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834824221
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 271

Book Description
The author of ‘the bible on herbalism’ returns with a portable guide on North American medicinal herbs—for the professional and amateur herbalist alike Based on the now-classic reference text Indian Herbalogy of North America, this illustrated pocket guide is the perfect companion for those eager to expand their knowledge of herbal healing. Through detailed descriptions and illustrations, Alma R. Hutchens walks readers through: • 125 of the most useful medicinal herbs found in North America, and their uses • How to create herbal remedies for common ailments • The herbal traditions of North America and other lands Entries include staples of folk medicine such as echinacea and slippery elm as well as common kitchen herbs—from parsley to thyme to pepper—whose tonic and healing properties are less widely known.

Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants

Author: Charlotte Erichsen-Brown
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486139328
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 546

Book Description
Chronological historical citations document 500 years of usage of plants, trees, and shrubs native to eastern Canada and northeastern United States. Also complete identifying information, 343 illustrations. "You can't go wrong." — Botanic & Herb Reviews.

A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America

Author: Steven Foster
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395988145
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 440

Book Description
At a time when interest in herbs and natural medicine has never been higher, the second edition of this essential guide shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. 300+ color photos.

Trees of North America

Author: Christian Frank Brockman
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1582380929
Category : Trees
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
Presents a handbook for the identification of over five hundred species of trees by illustration and text.

How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts

Author: Frances Densmore
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Describes Chippewa techniques of gathering and preparing nearly two hundred wild plants of the Great Lakes area and provides information on their medicinal usage and botanical and common names. Bibliogs

Indian Herbalogy of North America

Author: Alma R. Hutchens
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834824396
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 424

A Pompeian Herbal

Author: Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477302689
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 124

Book Description
When workmen excavating the ruins of Pompeii eagerly gathered the native medicinal plants growing there, Wilhelmina Jashemski discovered that this was another example of the continuity of life in the shadow of Vesuvius. Many of the plants used for herbal medicine around Pompeii today are the same ones that ancient authorities such as Pliny the Elder and Dioscorides recommended for treating the same types of disorders. In this book, Jashemski presents an herbal of thirty-six medicinal plants, most of them known to the ancients and still employed today. She describes each plant's contemporary medicinal uses and compares them to ancient practices as recorded in literary sources. Scientific, English, and Italian names and the plant's mythological associations complete the entries, while elegant, full-page portraits depict each plant visually.

American Medicinal Plants

Author: Charles Frederick Millspaugh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 488

Book Description

An Instant Guide to Medicinal Plants

Author: Pamela Forey
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN: 9780517691137
Category : Botany, Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An Instant Guide to Medicinal Plants is an ideal compact identification guide to the great variety of North American plants and trees that are known for their medicinal properties. This user-friendly guide assumes no previous knowledge: A medical glossary and an easy-to-follow system of color-coded bands, denoting the part of the plant used, leads quickly to the correct section of the book. Detailed, full-color illustrations and a concise text provide information on collecting, preparing, and using the many remedies in Nature's medicine chest.