Herbal Adventures with Native Americans

Herbal Adventures with Native Americans
Author: Lisa Bedner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2019-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9780990988427

Traditional Native American Stories about Herbs and their uses. Herbal Medicine of plants native or naturalized East of the Mississippi

Healing Secrets of the Native Americans

Healing Secrets of the Native Americans
Author: Porter Shimer
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2004
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781579123925

Today modern medicine is confirming the wisdom of these ancient healing techniques.

Herbal Adventures

Herbal Adventures
Author: Rachel Jepson Wolf
Publisher: Young Voyageur
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0760360510

“A real gem…a perfect beginners’ book no matter your age.” —Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and author In Herbal Adventures, you’ll pull on your boots and discover the magical plants that are growing just beyond your door. Explore nearby parks, fields, and forests, then make all sorts of tasty and useful things for your family and friends! Start with a delicious homemade soda, flower petal pancakes, or a soothing balm for cuts and scrapes. Sip herbal tea that's fit for the fairies, craft syrup to quiet your cough, and assemble supplies for your own rough-and-tumble herbal first aid kit. You can also skip the foraging and dive into making the recipes with purchased, dried herbs. Herbal Adventures includes recipes and instructions for making: Elderberry syrup Herbal chai Dandelion honey Herbal first aid balm Chickweed pesto Herbal cough syrup Pine needle tea Sore throat soother Splinter and sting salve Plus dozens more herbal teas, snacks, oils, and balms! Pack up your own foraging kit, and get crafty making seed bombs, flower crowns, and your own homemade plant press. What are you waiting for? All this and more awaits you on your next herbal adventure!

Walking the World in Wonder

Walking the World in Wonder
Author: Ellen Evert Hopman
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2000-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780892818785

Describes the natural healing benefits of a variety of herbs divided into sections by the seasons in which they grow.

Edible Wild Plants

Edible Wild Plants
Author: Thomas S. Elias
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781402767159

Presents a season-by-season guide to the identification, harvest, and preparation of more than two hundred common edible plants to be found in the wild.

Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande

Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande
Author: Leonora Scott Muse Curtin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1997
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

This is the landmark ethno-botanical book by L. S. M. Curtin, who learned herbal medicine firsthand from Spanish and Native American folk healers, midwives, and elders.

The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs

The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs
Author: Leslie Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2005
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

Rainforests contain an amazing abundance of plant life. What's most exciting is that scientists and researchers have only just begun to uncover the medicinal qualities of these plants, which offer new approaches to health and healing. "The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs is a valuable guide to these herbs and their uses. Detailing more than fifty rainforest botanicals, this book provides preparation instructions, presents the history of the herbs' uses by indigenous peoples, and describes current usage by natural health practitioners throughout the world. Helpful tables provide a quick guide for choosing the most appropriate botanicals for specific ailments. Here is a unique book that offers a blend of ancient and modern knowledge in an accessible reference format.

Medicinal Herbs of California

Medicinal Herbs of California
Author: Lanny Kaufer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2021-12-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1493058037

Medicinal Herbs of California is the first statewide field guide to more than 70 common medicinal plants of California. This vital addition to the California naturalist’s shelf will introduce readers to the principles of herbal remedies, history and roots in native cultures, scientific information, and how to find and incorporate medicinal plants into daily life. Inside you’ll find: Photos and descriptions to help with positive identification Common and scientific names and the plant families Conservation status Modern and traditional uses The science behind natural phytochemicals that have earned these plants a place in Native American medicine for thousands of years.

A Treasury of American Indian Herbs

A Treasury of American Indian Herbs
Author: Virginia Scully
Publisher: Outlet
Total Pages: 306
Release: 1970
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780517140291

Surveys the herbs and plants which the Indians of the Rocky Mountain regions used for food or medicinal purposes

Plant Spirit Medicine

Plant Spirit Medicine
Author: Eliot Cowan
Publisher: Granite Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Ethnobotany --
ISBN: 9781893183117

Ancient shamanic practice compelled the magician-healer first to make contact with the spirit of the plant to ask for its help before administering the herbal cure. This practice is alive today in Mexico among the traditional Indian shaman healers-principally the elder Huichol Indian shaman and plant spirit healer Don Guadalupe Gonzales Rios. Elliot Cowan reveals these ancient practices and guides the reader in the effective use of the wild herb plants in the area in which he or she lives. the result is a wonderful psychic and spiritual approach to holistic healing