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| A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides (R)) | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 18 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5191
Category: Book
Authors: James A. Duke, Steven Foster
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0395988144
Dewey Decimal Number: 581.6340973
UPC: 046442988148
EAN: 9780395988145
ASIN: 0395988144
Publication Date: December 28, 1999
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Product Description
With more than 300 photos, this new edition shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. Descriptive text includes information on where the plants are found, as well as their known medicinal uses. An index to medical topics, symbols next to plant descriptions, and organization of plants by colors all make this an essential guide to understanding the traditional medicinal uses of the plants around us. At 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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 It's a great book October 6, 2008
This book is very nice, even if you just buy it for reading and understanding of plants rather than for class!
 Awesome book April 12, 2008
Very informative book. I like that it has pictures also, not just pencil sketches like some other books.
A must have for any aspiring or seasoned herbalist! March 25, 2008
This book is an invaluable source of information and a very handy plant identification companion. It is a beautiful, compact guide with fantastic photos of individual plants and a ton of useful information.
MUST HAVE in yoru library September 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is another book I am constantly referencing. It is small enough to pack in your backpack or coat pocket if you want to identify plants in the wild.
Steven Foster also provides clear photographs to make it far easier to determine the plants.
The descriptions are good and have helped me several times identify plants in my region.
A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides (R)) May 14, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Hard to follow, a good book for adviance students of herbist.
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