After the first full moon in April : a sourcebook of herbal medicine from a California Indian elder / Josephine Grant Peters and Beverly R. Ortiz ; including contributions from Cheryl Beck [and others] ; Karuk plant names by James A. Ferrara.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Spirit people -- The peppernut -- The peppernut story -- A life well lived -- Gathering ethics -- Herbal medicines and native plant foods -- The plants -- Non-herbal cures -- Endnotes -- References -- Plant index -- Medical conditions index -- Subject index.
Summary
In this extraordinary book Josephine Peters, a respected northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural and plant knowledge. The book begins with Josephine's personal and tribal history and gathering ethics. She then instructs the reader in medicinal and plant food preparations, and offers an illustrated catalog of the uses and doses of over 160 plants. --back cover.
