Free Food and Medicine
Author: Markus Rothkranz
Publisher:
Published: 2012-12-12
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780983449065
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A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America
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.
Indian Herbalogy of North America
Author: Alma R. Hutchens
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 1991-08-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0877736391
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn 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.
How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts
Author: Frances Densmore
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Published: 1928
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes 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
Medicinal Plants and Foods
Author: Gema Nieto
Publisher: MDPI
Published: 2020-11-20
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 3039433989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedicinal plants or medicinal herbs have been identified and used since ancient times to improve the sensory characteristics of food. The main compounds found in plants correspond to four major biochemical classes: Polyphenols, terpenes, glycosides and alkaloids. Plants synthesize these compounds for a variety of purposes, including protection of the plant against fungi and bacteria, defense against insects and attraction of pollinators and dispersal agents to favor the dispersion of seeds and pollens.
Plants as Food, Fuel, and Medicine
Author: Julie K. Lundgren
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781618101020
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents ways the planet and humans use plants for food, fuel, and medicine, including fossil fuels, drinking ginger tea for an upset stomach, and how cactus stems provide water for animals.
Medicinal Plants of North America
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.
Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants
Author: Lim T. K.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-01-03
Total Pages: 852
ISBN-13: 9048186609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis multi-compendium is a comprehensive, illustrated and scientifically up-to-date work covering more than a thousand species of edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, herbalogists, conservationists, teachers, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant part and uses; botany; nutritive and medicinal/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and current research findings; non-edible uses; and selected/cited references. Each volume covers about a hundred species arranged according to families and species. Each volume has separate scientific and common names indices and separate scientific and medical glossaries.
Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants
Author: Lim T. K.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-01-30
Total Pages: 1113
ISBN-13: 9400717644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book continues as volume 2 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh or processed, as vegetables, spices, stimulants, pulses, edible oils and beverages. It encompasses species from the following families: Clusiaceae, Combretaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Dilleniaceae, Ebenaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Ericaceae and Fabaceae. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, herbalogists, conservationists, teachers, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant part and uses; botany; nutritive and medicinal/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and current research findings; non-edible uses; and selected/cited references.
Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants
Author: T. K. Lim
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-11-08
Total Pages: 1115
ISBN-13: 9400773951
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book continues as volume 7 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers plant species with edible flowers from families Acanthaceae to Facaceae in a tabular form and seventy five selected species from Amaryllidaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Balsaminaceae, Begoniaceae, Bignoniaceae, Brassicaceae, Cactaceae, Calophyllaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Combretaceae, Convolvulaceae, Costaceae, Doryanthaceae and Fabaceae in detail. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts and uses; botany; nutritive/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses, nonedible uses; and selected references.
