A field guide to medicinal plants and herbs of eastern and central North America / Steven Foster and James A. Duke.
TITLE:
A field guide to medicinal plants and herbs of eastern and central North America / Steven Foster and James A. Duke.
Alternate Title:
Medicinal plants and herbs
Publication Date:
2000
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Co.,
Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
411 p.
Additional Contributors:
Summary:
Identify more than 500 kinds of healing plants. More than 300 color photos illustrate the plants, their flowers, leaves, and fruits. The descriptive text includes information on where the plants are found as well as their known medicinal uses. An index to medical topics is helpful for quickly locating information on specific ailments from asthma and headaches to colds and stomach aches. Symbols next to plant descriptions provide quick visual caution for plants that are poisonous or cause allergic reactions. Organized by plant color for fast identification, this guide is a tool for understanding the traditional medicinal uses of the plants around us.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780395988145
General Note:
Rev. ed. of: Field guide to medicinal plants. 1990.
"Medicinal plants and herbs."
