E-raamat: Medicinal Plants of North America: A Field Guide

A biologist who has extensively studied plants used as medicine by Native Americans, herbalists, and holistic practitioners, defines what makes a wild plant medicinal and types of herbal preparations. With color photos, references to Germany's Commission E, and cautions, Meuninck profiles traditional and modern uses of plants found in yards, Eastern U.S. forested areas, wetlands, the mountain West, and deserts. The guide includes a list of life expectancies in several countries, top garden herbs, and resources. FalconGuide is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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-connect us to our roots and the knowledge that medicinal plants and wild plant foods provide the chemicals every body needs to obtain optimum health and prevent disease.
 
Meuninck moves the user from simple and familiar plants toward less common plants more difficult to identify. Each of the 122 plants has a color photograph, plant description, and location. Identification of plants are grouped from common to rare in the environment and where they are found: prairies, woodlands, mountains, deserts, and wetlands.
 
Relevant facts about each plant such as toxicity, historical uses, modern uses, as well as wildlife/veterinary uses are also listed. Additional information included in this extraordinary field guide: explanations of how each plant affects the human body; cultural and ethnic uses of medicinal herbs and cooking spices; others creatures who consume the plants; a list of most recommended garden herbs; web site resources, and much more.