Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants

By Bradford Angier

Book Overview

First-ever revision of a classic guidebookInformation on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and medicinal qualities as well as updated taxonomy and 15 new speciesHow to identify and use wild plants for medicinal purposes

This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species, including the purple coneflower, popularly known as echinacea, as well as ephedra, jewelweed, goldenseal, and more. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making this a practical guide for anyone interested in the medicinal uses of wild plants.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811734935
• ISBN13: 9780811734936
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Field Giude

I got this book in hopes of helping myself naturaly. I have found it very informative and now use some of the plants every day to hopfully stay healthy. I'm glad that I got it and was very satisfied with my purchese