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Author: Steven Foster
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780395838068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeatures more than five hundred plants and herbs of North America providing information on their location and medicinal uses.
Author: Steven Foster
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780395988145
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt 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.
Author: Bradford Angier
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2008-07-29
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0811742806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst-ever revision of a classic guidebook. Information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and medicinal qualities as well as updated taxonomy and 15 new species. How to identify and use wild plants for medicinal purposes.
Author: Jim Meuninck
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2024-04-02
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1493077872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis exquisitely detailed, full-color field guide provides the identification details and practical information needed to find and properly use many of the medicinal plants and wild plant foods that provide chemicals necessary for optimum health and disease prevention. The book takes the user from simple and familiar plants ones that are less common and more difficult to identify. Each of the 122 plant entries includes a color photograph, plant description, and location. Plants are grouped according to how common or rare they are, as well as to where they are found: prairies, woodlands, mountains, deserts, and wetlands. Relevant facts about each plant include toxicity, historical uses, modern uses, as well as wildlife/veterinary uses. Additional information featured in this extraordinary field guide: explanations of how each plant affects the human body; cultural and ethnic uses of medicinal herbs and cooking spices; others creatures who consume the plants; a list of most recommended garden herbs; web site resources, and much more.
Author: Lee Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780395926222
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous lookalikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.
Author: Thomas S. Elias
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781402767159
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a season-by-season guide to the identification, harvest, and preparation of more than two hundred common edible plants to be found in the wild.
Author: Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 142620700X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA resource organized by body system lists the key herbal remedies available, their uses, and cautionary advice, in a book that includes full-color photos, a glossary and several thematic indexes.
Author: Theodore F. Niehaus
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIdentifies over 1500 species of wildflowers in Texas and the Southwest through text and pictures.
Author: Gregory L. Tilford
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780878423590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEdible and Medicinal Plants of the West is a full-colour photographic guide to the identification, edibility, and medicinal uses of over 250 plant species, growing from Alaska to southern California, east across the Rocky Mountains and the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes. Herbalist and naturalist Gregory Tilford provides a thorough introduction to the world of herbal medicine for everyone interested in plants, personal well-being, and a healthy environment.
Author: Lanny Kaufer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-12-30
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1493058037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedicinal Herbs of California is the first statewide field guide to more than 70 common medicinal plants of California. This vital addition to the California naturalist’s shelf will introduce readers to the principles of herbal remedies, history and roots in native cultures, scientific information, and how to find and incorporate medicinal plants into daily life. Inside you’ll find: Photos and descriptions to help with positive identification Common and scientific names and the plant families Conservation status Modern and traditional uses The science behind natural phytochemicals that have earned these plants a place in Native American medicine for thousands of years.
