Alaska's Wilderness Medicines , livre ebook

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“Whenever I open it, I find another marvelous tidbit, like Viereck’s description of uses for soft, acidic plant sphagnum, or peat moss, the plant often found chinking the walls of log cabins…” - Fairbanks News-Miner

This guide to Alaskan wild plants, native and introduced, is a great way to acquaint people with Alaskan wild plants that can be used to promote health and healing, use for emergency first-aid care, or to maintain wellness. More than fifty plant species are described with information on habitat and distribution as well as general information on how each one can be used as medicine. This natural history of some of Alaska’s medicinal plants is not intended to serve the purpose of a self-care manual of medicine, but rather be useful to persons in cities, on farms, and in the wilderness, whether they are in Alaska for recreation, hunting, fishing. or work. Others, inadvertently stranded as a result of an accident or disaster, may find themselves in need of help from healing plants.

Dr. Eleanor G. Viereck presents useful and fascinating information about trees, flowers, and shrubs accompanied by accurately rendered line drawing of the vegetation. There are additional notes on history and folklore, poisonous species that can be easily confused with useful ones, and Dr. Viereck's experience with the plants. She tells where to find each plant and discusses plant collecting in general and how to brew healthful herb teas. An illustrated glossary, cross-references of therapeutic uses of specific plants, and a thorough bibliography completes this valuable contribution to plant lore.

Sweet Gale: Myrica gale (Myrica gale), Description: This shrub grows up to 3 feet tall with odorous resin-dots on its stem. Distribution: Grows in bogs, swamps, shallow water, and along streams. Constituents: This oil is composed of about 130 constituents of which 49 are present in a concentration greater than 0.1%. Medicinal uses: As a wash for boils and pimples and as a steam bath switch.
About This Book - Pg 1, Collecting Wild Plants - Pg 2, From Leaf to Tea - Pg 3, Alder - Pg 5, Angelica - Pg 7, Birch - Pg 9, Bistort - Pg 13, Chamomile - Pg 15, Chickweed - Pg 17, Cleavers - Pg 19, Coltsfoot - Pg 20, Cow Parsnip - Pg 23, Crowberry - Pg 25, Currant - Pg 26, Dandelion - Pg 27, Devil's Club - Pg 31, Fireweed - Pg 33, Highbush Cranberry - Pg 35, Horsetail - Pg 37, Iris - Pg 38, Juniper - Pg 41, Labrador Tea - Pg 43, Larch - Pg 45, Lowbush Cranberry - Pg 47, Plantain - Pg 49, Poplar - Pg 50, Raspberry - Pg 52, Rose - Pg 55, Shephers's Purse - Pg 57, Shield Fern - Pg 59, Soapberry - Pg 61, Sourdock - Pg 62, Sphagnum - Pg 65, Spruce - Pg 67, Strawberry - Pg 69, Sweet Gale - Pg 71, Uva-ursi - Pg 72, Willow - Pg 74, Wormwood - Pg 77, Yarrow - Pg. 79, Therapeutic Uses of AK Plants - Pg 82, Conditions Treated with AK plants - Pg 92, Glossary - Pg 92 References - Pg 97, Index - Pg 103

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	29 février 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780882408644
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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