Description: About this productProduct InformationAt 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.Product IdentifiersPublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyISBN-100395988144ISBN-139780395988145eBay Product ID (ePID)580483Product Key FeaturesBook TitleField Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs : of Eastern and Central North AmericaAuthorSteven Foster, James A. DukeFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishFeaturesRevisedTopicPlants / General, Naturopathy, Herbal MedicationsPublication Year1999GenreNature, Health & FitnessNumber of Pages432 PagesDimensionsItem Length7.2in.Item Height0.8in.Item Width4.5in.Item Weight16.7 OzAdditional Product FeaturesSeries Volume NumberVol. 2Lc Classification NumberQk99.U6f68 1999Edition DescriptionRevised EditionEdition Number2Table of ContentPreface v Acknowledgments xi How to Use This Book 1 General Organization 1 Identifying Plants 2 Medicinal Uses 5 Conservation and Harvesting 7 A Word of Caution 10 White or Whitish Flowers 15 Yellow Flowers 99 Orange Flowers 151 Pink to Red Flowers 155 Violet to Blue Flowers 189 Green Flowers 228 Shrubs 254 Trees 289 Woody Vines 333 Ferns 342 Grasses and Grasslike Plants 350 Glossary 357 References 362 Life List 365 Index to Plants 377 Index to Medical Topics 396Copyright Date1999Target AudienceTradeLccn99-033189Dewey Decimal581.6/34/0973SeriesPeterson Field GuidesDewey Edition21IllustratedYes
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Edition: 2
Book Title: Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs : of Eastern and Central North America
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Topic: Plants / General, Naturopathy, Herbal Medications
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 1999
Features: Revised
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Health & Fitness
Item Weight: 16.7 Oz
Item Length: 7.2 in
Author: Steven Foster, James A. Duke
Item Width: 4.5 in
Book Series: Peterson Field Guides
Format: Trade Paperback
