ethnobotany

Author recounts his travels and studies with some of the most powerful Amazonian shamans in his search for new medicinal plants.

Presents a pocket guide to one hundred twenty-five Native American medicinal plants and herbs, and includes directions for their use, remedies for common ailments, and information on folk medicine.

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.

Describes the experiences of an ethnobotanist in South America as he learns from Trio Indians the medicinal value of rainforest plants, and struggles to record the data before these ancient traditions vanish.

Examines the history and culture of Native American foods and food preparation beginning with the pre-European invasion through the twentieth century, and discusses food customs, diet and nutrition, preservation, and more.

An unabridged republication of an article from the "Forty-fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1926-1927," which details the use of nearly two hundred plants for food, natural cures, and native crafts.

An illustrated account of the traditions and customs of Native American medicine men.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on the use of 1,500 plants as food by 221 Native American tribes throughout history, and includes tribe, plant usage, and common plant name indexes.