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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 581.6340973 EAN: 9780395988145 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0395988144 Label: Houghton Mifflin Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: December 28, 1999 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Studio: Houghton Mifflin Editorial Review: Product Description: With more than 300 photos, this new edition shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. Descriptive text includes information on where the plants are found, as well as their known medicinal uses. An index to medical topics, symbols next to plant descriptions, and organization of plants by colors all make this an essential guide to understanding the traditional medicinal uses of the plants around us. At a time when interest in herbs and natural medicine has never been higher, the second edition of this essential guide shows how to identify more than five hundred kinds of healing plants. More than three hundred new color photos illustrate their flowers, leaves, and fruits. The updated descriptive text includes information on where the plants are found as well as their known medicinal uses. An index to medical topics is helpful for quickly locating information on specific ailments, from asthma and headaches to colds and stomachaches. Symbols next to plant descriptions give readers a quick visual alert to plants that are poisonous or may cause allergic reactions. Organized by plant color for fast identification, this guide is an indispensable tool for understanding the traditional medicinal uses of the plants and herbs around us. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - It's a great bookThis book is very nice, even if you just buy it for reading and understanding of plants rather than for class! Rating:  - Awesome bookVery informative book. I like that it has pictures also, not just pencil sketches like some other books. Rating: - A must have for any aspiring or seasoned herbalist!This book is an invaluable source of information and a very handy plant identification companion. It is a beautiful, compact guide with fantastic photos of individual plants and a ton of useful information. Rating: - MUST HAVE in yoru libraryThis is another book I am constantly referencing. It is small enough to pack in your backpack or coat pocket if you want to identify plants in the wild. Steven Foster also provides clear photographs to make it far easier to determine the plants. The descriptions are good and have helped me several times identify plants in my region. Rating: - A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides (R))Hard to follow, a good book for adviance students of herbist. |
