Ethnobotany and Useful Plants
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Hemp: A Short History of the Most Misunderstood Plant and Its Uses and Abuses
by Mark Bourrie  Publisher Comments The history of a controversial and useful plant, including the on-going struggle to reclaim its legitimacy....
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How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts (Deluxe Clothbound Edition)
by Frances Densmore Publisher Comments Ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution offers a wealth of material on nearly 200 plants used by Chippewas of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Emphasis on wild plants and lesser-known uses. "A fascinating, well-illustrated study." -- "Grand Rapids Gazette."...
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Ginseng, the Divine Root: The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the World
by David A Taylor Publisher Comments Taylor takes readers from forests east of the Mississippi to the bustling streets of Hong Kong and deep into remote corners of China as he weaves together the history, culture, and intrigue surrounding the "Root of Life."...
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The Great Book of Hemp
by Rowan Robinson Publisher Comments This handsomely illustrated and entertaining book is the most complete guide yet written on Cannabis sativa. Here you will find history, current uses, organizations involved in legalization, product suppliers, bibliography, and much more. Robinson...
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The Lost Language of Plants
by Stephen Harrod Buhner Publisher Comments This could be the most important book you will read this year. Around the office at Chelsea Green it is referred to as the "pharmaceutical Silent Spring." Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that...
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Opium Culture: The Art and Ritual of the Chinese Tradition
by Peter Lee Publisher Comments In?"Opium Culture," Peter Lee presents a fascinating narrative that covers every aspect of the art and craft of opium use. The text is studded with gems of long forgotten opium arcana, dispelling many of the persistent myths about opium and its users...
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Medicinal Plants of North America: A Field Guide (Falcon Guide)
by Jim Meuninck Publisher Comments This exquisitely detailed full-color field guide, by biologist and herbal and medical plant expert Jim Meuninck, provides identification, practical information, and skills for the location of and use of medicinal plants. The pages of this book re...
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Medical Botany : Plants Affecting Human Health (2ND 03 Edition)
by Walter H. Lewis Publisher Comments Medical Botany, Second Edition focuses on research discoveries and their development as therapies for use in complementary-alternative and conventional medicines, utilizing plant natural products and their derivatives. This integrated approach should...
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The Seven Sisters of Sleep: The Celebrated Drug Classic
by Mordecai Cooke Publisher Comments This groundbreaking survey, written in 1860, is a radically open-minded look at the use of drugs across the world and throughout the ages. Early users of tobacco in Russia would have their noses cut off and repeat offenders their heads. Pope Innocent XII...
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Edible and Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada
by Charles Fr Saunders Publisher Comments Use, eat, craft with plants Indians, pioneers used. Great modern expert identifies, explains. "Secure a copy of this very enlightening book. In fact, if you travel, it should be a constant companion."—St. Petersburg (FL) Independent. 94...
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The Herbalist's Way: The Art and Practice of Healing with Plant Medicines
by Nancy Phillips Publisher Comments This updated edition of "The Village Herbalist" provides a complete guide to the art and practice of herbalism, as well as an introduction to the herbalist's role in family and community life. Inspirational profiles of practicing herbalists from across...
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Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Values of Medicinal Plants
by Timothy Swanson Publisher Comments Provides a detailed analysis of the economic and scientific rationales for biodiversity conservation....
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Witch Doctor's Apprentice: Hunting for Medicinal Plants in the Amazon (Library of the Mystic Arts)
by Nicole Maxwell Publisher Comments When Nicole Maxwell first visited the Amazon more than forty years ago, she had no idea that she would make a life's work of the people, plants and lore to be found there. Decades before Americans became aware of the riches to be found in the knowledge...
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Ginseng Dreams: The Secret World of America's Most Valuable Plant
by Kristin Johannsen Publisher Comments For thousands of years, cultures around the world have relied on herbal medicine for healing. Only recently have Americans flocked to once-suspect botanical treatments for the promise of good health and longevity. Among the most treasured of these plants...
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Herbs (Reader's Digest Home Handbooks)
by Lesley Bremness Publisher Comments Everything you need to know about the world of herbs in a full color A-Z catalog of over 90 herbs, complete with detailed instructions on growing, harvesting and preserving, along with home remedies, cosmetic uses, and original recipes....
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Field Guide to Medicinal Plants
by Peterson Book News Annotation Identifies some 500 medicinal plants and describes uses--both folk remedies and those that have been scientifically proven. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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Peterson Field Guides #2: A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America
by Steven Foster Publisher Comments 'With more than 300 photos, this new edition shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. Descriptive text includes information on where the plants are found, as well as their known medicinal uses. An index to medical topics, symbols next to plant...
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Heroin: Its History and Lore
by Julian Durlacher Publisher Comments Drugs are both vilified -- in newspaper headlines and public health broadcasts -- and glorified -- in film, music and fashion. They continue to fascinate and horrify, in equal measure, and remain perhaps the issue of the twentieth century. This series...
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Pharmako Dynamis: Stimulating Plants, Potions, and Herbcraft
by Dale Pendell Publisher Comments In Pharmako/Dynamis, Dale Pendell continues his exploration of psychoactive plants begun in Pharmako/Poeia. Pharmacognosy is the study of the composition, production, use, and history of drugs of natural origin. Pendell covers these topics and more in...
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Ethnobotany: Principles and Applications
by C M Cotton Publisher Comments Interest in ethnobotany has increased dramatically in recent years. The search for new medicines by the pharmaceutical industry has turned to plant natural products and to ethnobotanical studies as a first step in bioprospecting. These studies are making...
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