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[1996]
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Based on the latest scientific research, The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants provides a fascinating insight into the chemistry of herbs and their healing properties, explaining how and why they work as medicines within the body. The major herbal traditions practiced in different regions of the world - Europe, India, China, Africa, Australia, and the Americas - are vividly described and reviewed from a historical perspective, revealing the intimate...
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"This comprehensive, full-color guide provides detailed, easy-to-follow instructions for making and using approximately 250 herbal medicines at home, including practical tips and numerous effective formulas developed and tested by the authors, both expert herbalists with years of experience. Readers who appreciate the health-giving properties of herbal medicines but are discouraged by the high price of commercial products can now make their own preparations...
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This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species, including the purple coneflower, popularly known as echinacea, as well as ephedra, jewelweed, goldenseal, and more. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with...
7) Mountain states medicinal plants: identify, harvest, and use 100 wild herbs for health and wellness
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2018.
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Foragers and herbalists in the Mountain States will adore this indispensable guide to finding, identifying, and using the medicinal plants that grow wild, local, and natural.
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2015.
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In Backyard Pharmacy you'll find detailed information on the best plants you can grow at home (or indoors!) to treat yourself and your family for everyday ailments. Each featured plant is highlighted with color photos and time-tested preparation methods. The profiles also give details about growing needs, harvesting and storage tips (including the parts of the plant to use), and current scientific research about each plant.--COVER.
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2023.
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Author Leigh Joseph, an ethnobotanist and a member of the Squamish Nation, provides a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to Indigenous plant knowledge. Plants can be a great source of healing as well as nourishment, and the practice of growing and harvesting from trees, flowering herbs, and other plants is a powerful way to become more connected to the land. The Indigenous Peoples of North America have long traditions of using native plants...
12) Healing plants
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2008
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Shares some interesting facts about plants, describes plants that can be used as medicines, and discusses the need for plant safety. Includes a glossary and resources for further research.
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Pub. Date
c2008
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This exquisitely detailed full-color field guide, by biologist and herbal and medical plant expert Jim Meuninck, provides identification, practical information, and skills for the location of and use of medicinal plants. The pages of this book re-connect us to our roots and the knowledge that medicinal plants and wild plant foods provide the chemicals everybody needs to obtain optimum health and prevent disease. Meuninck moves the user from simple...
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2018.
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ONIX annotations:Rosemary is for remembrance; sage is for wisdom. The symbolism of plants - whether in the ancient Greek doctrine of signatures or the Victorian secret language of flowers - has fascinated us for centuries. Contemporary herbalist Maia Toll adds her distinctive spin to this tradition with profiles of the mysterious personalities of 36 herbs, fruits, and flowers. Combining a passion for plants with imagery reminiscent of tarot, enticing...
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c2014
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An array of abundant wild foods is available to hikers, campers, foragers, or anyone interested in living closer to the earth. Written by a leading expert on wild foods and a well-known teacher of survival skills, Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants is more than a listing of plant types--it teaches how to recognize edible plants and where to find them, their medicinal and nutritional properties, and their growing cycles. This new edition features...
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2021.
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Discover 100 medicinal plants and how to use them for self -care with this sumptuously illustrated guide. Thanks to photographs showing detailed views of the plant, you'll quickly learn to recognise them. Discover their history, therapeutic properties, and learn how to prepare safe herbal remedies including infusions, tinctures, oils and lotions.
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2019.
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They not only help to create aromatic and delicious food, they also support overall health and wellness on a daily basis. Using dried and fresh herbs in your cooking boosts your intake of vitamins and minerals, improves digestion, strengthens immunity, and increases energy. Using plants as medicine is an ancient and powerful tradition that connects you to the earth, helps treat common ailments, promote restful sleep, relaxation, and more.
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