num_pages: 304
description: A fully illustrated, full color guide to using some 80 wild medicinal plants found in North America. Includes descriptions and photographs of each plant species as well as information on where to find and how to use them. Matches a variety of illnesses with the plants that treat them, discusses how medicinal plants work and how and what parts of the plants should be gathered, and describes and illustrates toxic wild plants to avoid. Includes information Hawthorn, Adam's Flannel, Yarrow, Cinquefoil, Shepherd's Purse, Pussywillow, St. John's Wort, Huckleberry, Black Cherry, Bladderwrack, Watercress, Tansy, Barberry, Horseradish, Great Burdock, Curled Dock, Mallow, Stinging Nettle, Black Elder, Elecampane and 60 others. Includes scientific and common names for each plant.
language: English
title: Wild Medicinal Plants
titlecomplete: Wild Medicinal Plants
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Stackpole Books