materia medica, vegetable

Discusses the history of the use of plants to heal disease, looks at how Western societies have reacted to natural medicines, and includes a catalog of over one hundred healing herbs.

A guide to fifty-two herbs used by the Indians of North America that identifies each plant by locale and provides information on their uses.

Provides information about the history, habitat, identifying characteristics, and uses of over one hundred medicinal wild plants found in North America, arranged alphabetically, and including individual color illustrations.

Discusses the uses of plants as medicines and the role of government in protecting public health and doing research for new medical treatments.

An illustrated identification guide that profiles North American plants and trees known for their medicinal properties, providing information on physical characteristics, habitat, distribution, medicinal properties and uses, similar useful plants, and dangerous and poisonous plants; also provides medical and botanical glossaries.

Illustrated guide to over 550 plants used in herbal medicine, discussing each plant's history, traditions, and folklore as well as what is known from scientific research about its active constituents, key actions, and potential new uses. Includes an overview of the history of herbal medicine and features on herbal medicine in countries throughout the world.

Profiles more than 550 medicinal plants, providing color photos and details on their habitats, cultivation, related species, key constituents and actions, research, and traditional and current uses; discusses herbal medicine's history and its practice around the world; and includes recipes for several home remedies.