Plant medicine and folklore
By: Mildred Fielder ; with photos. by the author and line drawings by Juan C. Barberis.
Publisher: Winchester Press
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Medicinal plants -- United States.; Materia medica, Vegetable -- United States.; Indians of North America -- Medicine.
Description: Grouping plants according to the ailment they treated, Mildred Fielder covers historical remedies for everything from nosebleed to neuralgia, stomach aches to spider bites. Each plant is identified by both its common and botanical names, and many are illustrated in line drawings and photographs. An important chapter warns against do-it-yourself doctoring and lists dozens of poisonous or potentially dangerous flowers, vegetables, herbs, spices, vines, trees, and shrubs.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 249-253.
Includes index.