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Native American Ethnobotany
Daniel E. Moerman
Hardcover - 928 pages (October 1998)
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Native American Ethnobotany is a comprehensive account of the plants used by Native American peoples for medicine, food, and other purposes. The author, anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman, has devoted more than 25 years to the compilation of the ethnobotanical knowledge slowly gathered over the course of many centuries and recorded in hundreds of firsthand studies of American Indians made over the past 150 years. This research has yielded a treasure-trove of information whose magnitude will surprise even those familiar with the anthropological and botanical literature: it documents Native American use of 4029 kinds of plants with a total of 44,691 usages.
Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer:A Comprehensive Program for Prevention and Treatment
Donald R. Yance With Arlene Valentine
Paperback, 1st ed., 456pp.
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A guide to alternative cancer medicine from a well-known herbalist includes information on holistic and natural healing techniques, such as herbs, nutrition, homeopathy and acupuncture. Original.
Herbs for Pets:All You Ever Wanted to Know
Gregory L. Tilford Greg L. Tilford Mary Wulff-Tilford
Hardcover, 1st ed., 384pp.
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All You Ever Wanted Know About Herbs for Pets is an indispensable resource for pet owners. This attractive, easy-to-read, yet comprehensive guide offers pet owners step-by-step instructions on how to find, prepare, and use herbs to treat common pet ailments. It also provides detailed descriptions of each herb, including:
-- a brief history and common alternate names
-- its appearance, growing range, and harvesting methods
-- the methods the medicinally potent parts and current findings of this herb's use on animals.
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Herbs for Pets covers North American herbs, including Western, Ayurvedic and Chinese herbs that grow in North America, concentrating on the more familiar and widely dispersed native herbs.
The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants: A Practical Reference Guide to More Than 550 Key Medical Plants & Their Uses
Andrew Chevallier
Hardcover, 1st ed., 320pp.
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This encyclopedia presents "information about medicinal plants. . . . {It} has four sections. The first, 'Development of Herbal Medicine,' includesthe history and traditions of herbal medicine around the world. The second section, 'Key Medicinal Plants,' features 100 of the best-known medicinal plants. Each entry includes habitat and cultivation, related species, key active constituents and medicinal actions, plant parts used, scientific research, and traditional and current uses. The 'Other Medicinal Plants' section contains briefer entries for more than 450 plants important in herbal medicine, but it includes plants such as du zhong (Eucommia ulmoides) that demonstrate a potential for a greater medicinal use. The last section, 'Herbal Remedies for Home Use,' has a . . . chart of ailments and their general remedies as well as information on cultivating herbs, making remedies, and consulting an herbal practitioner." (Choice) Bibliography. Indexes.
An Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children and Infants
Mary Bove
Paperback, 1st ed., 303pp.
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This comprehensive, user-friendly volume by one of the most highly trained medical herbalists in America has all the information parents need to safeguard and improve the health of their babies and children utilizing proper diet, supplementation and herbs. Particular emphasis is placed on strengthening the young immune system, with chapters on managing allergies and avoiding the damaging overuse of antibiotics. The heart of the book features an A-to-Z compilation of more than 50 common childhood complaints from colic and cradle cap through sinusitis and sleeplessness to warts and whooping cough, with recipes and remedies for easing discomfort and healing from the inside out.
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