Earth Medicine, Earth Food
Brand: Ballantine Books
Categories: Books, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Cooking by Ingredient



Dimensions: 8.75 x 0.75 x 11.25 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0449905890
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0449905896
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Print length: 230 pages
Publication date: December 12, 1990
subtitle: Paperback – December 12, 1990
author: Visit Amazon's Michael A. Weiner Page search results Michael A. Weiner
review: Editorial Reviews Review "A fantastic collection of traditional herbs, foods, and plants, some of which have been nearly forgotten, but all of which, strangely enough, served us for centuries as the best health remedies available." Vine Deloria, Jr. "A remarkable compendium of herbal knowledge." Prevention Book Club "Utterly absorbing reading." Cincinnati Enquirer From the Publisher A fascinating A to Z guide to Native American knowledge of herbal remedies and wild plants, this compendium of natural cures for asthma to wounds explains which plants and herbs work, and why, the history of their usage on this continent and how they were adapted by Europeans, and gives helpful illustrations. This classic is still one of the best in the field after more than 25 years in print and is indispensable for herbalists and gardeners. Leslie Meredith Executive Editor & Divisional Vice President Ballantine Wellspring From the Inside Flap there was pharmacology as we know it, the North American Indians cured illness and maintained health by natural means, using the healing plants of the forest, desert, and seashore. Their discoveries continue to have impact on modern medicine: over 25 percent of all prescription drugs contain plant derivatives, and the mainstream medical establishment is acknowledging the effectiveness of herbal remedies in treating certain illnesses. Earth Medicine, Earth Food is an A-to-Z reference to the plant remedies and wild foods used by the Indians. Organized by condition -- from allergies to female complaints to wounds -- it explains which plants were used by different tribes to treat specific maladies, how they were prepared, and how to identify them in the wild. You'll learn that: -- The Catawba Indians treated back pain with a tea of arnica roots -- The Iroquois and Mohegans used the boneset weed for colds and fever -- The Blackfoot Indians applied a paste of scarlet mallow to From the Back Cover "A fantastic collection of traditional herbs, foods, and plants, some of which have been nearly forgotten, but all of which, strangely enough, served us for centuries as the best health remedies available." Vine Deloria, Jr. "A remarkable compendium of herbal knowledge." Prevention Book Club "Utterly absorbing reading." Cincinnati Enquirer About the Author Michael A. Weiner is a leading figure in the field of alternative medicine. He is the only person to have earned a Ph.D. in nutritional ethnomedicine from the University of California, Berkeley. During his twenty-year career he has collected plant samples from around the world. The author of fifteen books, including Nutrition Against Aging and Maximum Immunity, he is currently Executive Director of the Alzheimers Research Institute, Mill Valley, California. Read more