| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Description |
xxxviii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in 1969 in India. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-352) and index. |
| Summary |
"The definitive guide to native medicinal plants and their uses." Includes information on "more than two hundred medicinal plants ...with descriptions of each plant's appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use and dosage." |
| Contents |
Medical Plants -- Adder's tongue -- Agrimony -- Alder -- Ale Hoof or Ground Ivy -- Alfalfa -- Aloes -- Alum Root -- Amaaranthus -- Angelica -- Arbutus, Trailing -- Arnica -- Arsesmart -- Ash Tree -- Balmony -- Balsam Fir -- Barberry -- Barley -- Bayberry -- Bearberry -- Bear's Foot -- Beechdrop -- Beech Tree -- Beth Root -- Bilberry -- Birch -- Bird's Nest -- Bitter Root -- Bitter Sweet -- Blackberry -- Black Cohosh -- Black Haw -- Black Indian Hemp -- Black Root -- Black Walnut -- Blood Root -- Blue Cohosh -- Blue Flag -- Blue Vervain -- Boneset -- Burdock -- Butter Nut -- Calico Bush -- Capsicum |
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Cascara Sagrada -- Castor Bean -- Catnip -- Celandine -- Celery -- Centaury -- Chaga -- Chamomile -- Chaparral -- Cherry Bark -- Chestnut -- Chickweed -- Chicory Root -- Cleavers -- Coltsfoot -- Comfrey -- Corn Silk -- Cotton Root -- Couch Grass -- Cowslip -- Crampbark, High -- Cranesbill -- Crawley -- Crowfoot -- Cypress -- Damiana -- Dandelion -- Dogwood, American -- Dragon Root -- Echinacea -- Elder or Elderberry -- Elecampane -- Eryngo -- Eucalyptus -- Evening Primrose -- Female Fern -- Feverfew -- Fever Weed -- Fire Weed -- Five Finger Grass -- Fringe Tree -- Frostwort -- Garden Nightshade |
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-- Gelsemium -- Gillenia -- Ginger Wild -- Ginseng -- Golden Rod -- Golden Seal -- Gold Thread -- Gravel Root -- Gum Plant -- Haircap Moss -- Hellebore American -- Henbane -- Hops -- Horehound -- Horse Radish -- Horse Tail -- Hound's-Tongue -- Hydrangea -- Hyssop -- Indigo Wild -- Iron Weed -- Ivy, American -- Jimson Weed -- Jupiter -- Kidney Liver Leaf -- Labrador Tea -- Lady's Slipper -- Larkspur -- Leverwood -- Licorice -- Life Root -- Linden -- Lion's Root -- Lippia -- Lobelia -- Lungwort -- Magnolia -- Maidenhair -- Mallow (Common) -- Mandrake, American -- Maple -- Milkweed -- Mint |
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-- Motherwort -- Mugwort -- Mullein -- Nettle -- Oak Tree -- Oats -- Onion -- Parsley -- Partridge Berry -- Passion Flower -- Pennyroyal (American) -- Pink Root -- Pipsissewa -- Plantain -- Pleurisy Root -- Poplar -- Prickly Ash Bark -- Privet -- Pyrola -- Ragged Cup -- Raspberry -- Red Clover -- Red Root -- Sage -- Sanicle -- Sarsaparilla -- Sassafras -- Saw Palmetto -- Senega -- Senna -- Shepherd's Purse -- Skull Cap -- Skunk Cabbage -- Slippery Elm -- Solomon's Seal (American) -- Sorrel -- Spikenard -- St. John's wort -- Star Grass -- Stillingia -- Stoneroot -- Strawberry Leaves -- Sumach -- Sundew |
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Sunflower -- Swamp Beggar's Tick -- Sweet Flag -- Sweet Gum -- Tacamahac -- Tamarack -- Tansy -- Thuja -- Thyme -- Turkey Corn -- Valerian -- Violet -- Virginia Snakeroot -- Wafer Ash -- Wahoo -- Water Cress -- Water Pepper -- White Pine -- White Pond Lily -- Wild Carrot -- Wild Jalap -- Wild Yam -- Willow, Black, American -- Wintergreen -- Witch Hazel -- Wormseed -- Wormwood -- Yarrow -- Yellow Dock -- Yellow Parilla -- Yerba Santa. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Ethnobotany.
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| Indexed Term |
Indians of North America Ethnobotany |
| Subject |
Indians, North American -- North America.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Ethnobotany.
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| Subject |
Medicinal plants -- North America.
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| Indexed Term |
Materia medica, Vegetable North America |
| Subject |
Herbal Medicine -- North America.
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Plants, Medicinal -- North America.
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Materia medica, Vegetable -- North America.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples, North American -- North America.
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| Indexed Term |
Medicinal plants North America |
| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America Ethnobotany
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Hutchens, Alma R. Indian herbalogy of North America. 1st paperback ed. Boston : Shambhala ; [New York] : Distributed in the United States by Random House, 1991 (OCoLC)555468290 |
| ISBN |
0877736391 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780877736394 paperback alkaline paper |
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