Use of Plants for the Past 500 Years

Use of Plants for the Past 500 Years
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Publisher : Aurora, Ont. : Breezy Creeks Press
Total Pages : 552
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000006306403
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Synopsis Use of Plants for the Past 500 Years by : Charlotte Erichsen-Brown

Describes native people's use of plants for food, fuel, fiber, clothing, shelter, utensils, transportation and medicine.

Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants

Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 546
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ISBN-10 : 9780486139326
ISBN-13 : 0486139328
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants by : Charlotte Erichsen-Brown

Chronological historical citations document 500 years of usage of plants, trees, and shrubs native to eastern Canada and northeastern United States. Also complete identifying information, 343 illustrations. "You can't go wrong." — Botanic & Herb Reviews.

The Cultural History of Plants

The Cultural History of Plants
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 680
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ISBN-10 : 9781135958107
ISBN-13 : 1135958106
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cultural History of Plants by : Sir Ghillean Prance

This valuable reference will be useful for both scholars and general readers. It is both botanical and cultural, describing the role of plant in social life, regional customs, the arts, natural and covers all aspects of plant cultivation and migration and covers all aspects of plant cultivation and migration. The text includes an explanation of plant names and a list of general references on the history of useful plants.

Plants for People

Plants for People
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 68
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X002690939
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Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Plants for People by : Judith Keane

A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America

A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 438
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ISBN-10 : 0395988144
ISBN-13 : 9780395988145
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America by : Steven Foster

At 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.

Plants and Indigenous Medicine and Diet

Plants and Indigenous Medicine and Diet
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 9781135882778
ISBN-13 : 1135882770
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Plants and Indigenous Medicine and Diet by : Nina L. Etkin

The aim of this volume is to promote a bio-behavioral focus for indigenous plant research.

Plants from the Past

Plants from the Past
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Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9780817310875
ISBN-13 : 0817310878
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Plants from the Past by : Leonard Watson Blake

Covering a period of 30 years and tracing the development of the study of plant remains from archaeological sites, this volume gives archaeologists access to previously unavailable data and interpretations. It features the much-sought-after extensive inventory "Plants from Archaeological Sites East of the Rockies," which serves as a reference to archaeobotanical collections curated at the Illinois State Museum. The chapters dealing with protohistory and early historic foodways and trade in the upper Midwest are especially relevant at this time of increasing attention to early Indian-white interactions. Book jacket.

Handbook of Phytochemical Constituent Grass, Herbs and Other Economic Plants

Handbook of Phytochemical Constituent Grass, Herbs and Other Economic Plants
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 678
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ISBN-10 : 9781351442121
ISBN-13 : 1351442120
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Phytochemical Constituent Grass, Herbs and Other Economic Plants by : James A. Duke

CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants is a unique catalog that includes more than 15,000 phytochemical constituents from over 1,000 higher plant species. This volume covers all of the generally-recognized-as-safe (GRAS) herbs and at least 250 important food and medicinal plants. Each entry features the scientific name, one or more common names, a listing of phytochemical constituents, a single datum or range of quantitative data (wet-weight to dry-weight in parts per million), two-letter abbreviation identifying the plant part, and three-letter abbreviation(s) indicating the source(s) of the data. The extraordinary amount of data compiled into an easy-to-use tabular format makes the CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants a volume useful to all pharmacologists, toxicologists, nutritionists, pharmacognicists, and food scientists.

Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West

Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West
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Publisher : UNM Press
Total Pages : 551
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ISBN-10 : 9780890135921
ISBN-13 : 0890135924
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West by : Michael Moore

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.

Modern Medicines from Plants

Modern Medicines from Plants
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 567
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ISBN-10 : 9781000925616
ISBN-13 : 1000925617
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Modern Medicines from Plants by : Henry Oakeley

The full colour, beautifully illustrated Modern Medicines from Plants: Botanical histories of some of modern medicine’s most important drugs features information on plants from which we obtain modern prescription medicines. It outlines their historical uses as herbal medicines in the past two millennia, using primary sources, and describes how extracts from them, and their semisynthetic and synthetic derivatives, were developed to be today’s therapeutic drugs and diagnostic chemicals. This book describes medicinal plants and their habitats, the diseases that their medicines treat, and the science of how they work. This amazing and unique book is a wonderful read for those with an interest in both herbal and prescription medicines. Written with authority by physicians and gardeners at the Garden of Medicinal Plants at the Royal College of Physicians, London, chapters detail the history and modern scientific research on plants and their medicines. It is very useful to physicians, pharmacists, herbalists, historians and gardeners, bringing together information from every discipline to make it a work of interest as well as reference. Features · Written for people interested in medicinal plants, where medicines come from, and how they treat our diseases. · Contains information on 50 plants, mostly growing in the medicinal garden of the Royal College of Physicians in London, describing how they became the source of modern pharmaceutical medicines. · Describes medicinal uses of plants in Classical Greece as written by Dioscorides, Pliny and Galen, through the flowering of Arabic medicine by physicians such as Paulus Aegineta, Mesue and Avicenna to the 12th to 14th century compilations of Serapion and Sylvaticus and the European Renaissance of Peter Treveris, William Turner, Leonard Fuchs, Pietro Mattioli, John Gerarde, John Parkinson, Nicholas Culpeper, and many others to the pharmacopoeias of the 16th century to the present day. · Fully referenced including a glossary for explanation of technical terms.