Author: Lanny Kaufer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493058037
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Medicinal 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.
Medicinal Herbs of California
Author: Lanny Kaufer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493058037
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Medicinal 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.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493058037
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Medicinal 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.
Medicinal Plants Used by Native American Tribes in Southern California
Author: Donna Largo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879190002
Category : Ethnobotany
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
"The purpose of this project is to provide a resource guide for medical providers and traditional health care practitioners in an effort to better coordinate patient care with traditional practices. This guide will help to illuminate some contraindications of western medicine with Southern California Native American traditional medicine, in hopes of protecting patients from any negative reactions. A secondary purpose ... is to make available information about traditional medicine to anyone interested in disease prevention through Native American knowledge and traditions."--P. 1.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879190002
Category : Ethnobotany
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
"The purpose of this project is to provide a resource guide for medical providers and traditional health care practitioners in an effort to better coordinate patient care with traditional practices. This guide will help to illuminate some contraindications of western medicine with Southern California Native American traditional medicine, in hopes of protecting patients from any negative reactions. A secondary purpose ... is to make available information about traditional medicine to anyone interested in disease prevention through Native American knowledge and traditions."--P. 1.
Edible and Useful Plants of California
Author: Charlotte Bringle Clarke
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520032613
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
How to find, prepare, and cook delicious dishes from more than 200 types of wild plants - unique prize-winning recipes!
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520032613
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
How to find, prepare, and cook delicious dishes from more than 200 types of wild plants - unique prize-winning recipes!
California Herbal Remedies
Author: LoLo Westrich
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 9780872014572
Category : Herbs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From Alder to Yerba Santa, with more than a hundred plant species in between, this book is a charming and factual source of botanical history. Each herb is completely described by where it grows, what it looks like, and its history of use.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 9780872014572
Category : Herbs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From Alder to Yerba Santa, with more than a hundred plant species in between, this book is a charming and factual source of botanical history. Each herb is completely described by where it grows, what it looks like, and its history of use.
After the First Full Moon in April
Author: Josephine Grant Peters
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315435284
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Josephine Peters, a revered northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural knowledge on personal and tribal history, gathering ethics and preparations, then offers a catalogue of the uses and doses of over 160 plants.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315435284
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Josephine Peters, a revered northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural knowledge on personal and tribal history, gathering ethics and preparations, then offers a catalogue of the uses and doses of over 160 plants.
Healing with Medicinal Plants of the West - Cultural and Scientific Basis for Their Use
Author: Cecilia Garcia
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780976309192
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780976309192
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West
Author: Michael Moore
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0890135924
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Michael Moore, renowned herbalist, teacher, and author of several medicinal plant books, presents a one-of-a-kind guide to over three hundred species of plants geographically ranging from Baja California to Alaska. This uniquely attractive book educates the reader to both native and introduced species within this region. With over eighty line drawings, forty-four color photographs, maps, and a glossary, this book contains clear and reliable information on identification and safe use of the plants; appearance, habitats, collecting methods, and storage; therapeutic uses, constituents, and preparations; potential toxicities and medical contraindications; and tea-making, tincturing, and salve making.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0890135924
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Michael Moore, renowned herbalist, teacher, and author of several medicinal plant books, presents a one-of-a-kind guide to over three hundred species of plants geographically ranging from Baja California to Alaska. This uniquely attractive book educates the reader to both native and introduced species within this region. With over eighty line drawings, forty-four color photographs, maps, and a glossary, this book contains clear and reliable information on identification and safe use of the plants; appearance, habitats, collecting methods, and storage; therapeutic uses, constituents, and preparations; potential toxicities and medical contraindications; and tea-making, tincturing, and salve making.
The Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm
Author: Peg Schafer
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603583300
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Chinese herb garden.
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603583300
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Chinese herb garden.
Southwest Medicinal Plants
Author: John Slattery
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604699116
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Wildcraft your way to wellness! In Southwest Medicinal Plants, John Slattery is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting, and using 112 of the region’s most powerful wild plants. You’ll learn how to safely and ethically forage, and how to use wild plants in herbal medicines including teas, tinctures, and salves. Plant profiles include clear, color photographs, identification tips, medicinal uses and herbal preparations, and harvesting suggestions. Lists of what to forage for each season makes the guide useful year-round. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers, naturalists, and herbalists in Arizona, southern California, southern Colorado, southern Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, western and central Texas, and southern Utah.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604699116
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Wildcraft your way to wellness! In Southwest Medicinal Plants, John Slattery is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting, and using 112 of the region’s most powerful wild plants. You’ll learn how to safely and ethically forage, and how to use wild plants in herbal medicines including teas, tinctures, and salves. Plant profiles include clear, color photographs, identification tips, medicinal uses and herbal preparations, and harvesting suggestions. Lists of what to forage for each season makes the guide useful year-round. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers, naturalists, and herbalists in Arizona, southern California, southern Colorado, southern Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, western and central Texas, and southern Utah.
A Field Guide to Common Plants of the Santa Barbara Foothills and Southern California
Author: Hugh Margerum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780975404805
Category : Angiosperms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A guidebook to identify the plants and wildflowers of the Santa Barbara foothills and Southern California.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780975404805
Category : Angiosperms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A guidebook to identify the plants and wildflowers of the Santa Barbara foothills and Southern California.