Resources Tagged: Alternative Medicine
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An inspiring work of oral history, Earth and Spirit explores and celebrates Puerto Rico's tradition of botanical medicine as it was practiced up to the 1980s. This lively and deeply personal glimpse of Caribbean healing presents the voices of dozens of people who knew, loved and worked with...
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2000-12-15 In this handy companion to the best-selling bookThe Green Pharmacy, leading herbal authority James A. Duke, Ph. D., delivers the lowdown on virtually every healing herb available in today's marketplace: its description and history, therapeutic uses, medicinal properties, prescription...
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1990-01-01 This paper presents examples of such plants belonging to 19 botanical families, with a view to calling attention to the similar uses of easily extracted plant mucilages and, particularly, their ability to provide protection from fire, a feature which has already been demonstrated in Australia.
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1990-01-01 Throughout all the world but especially in the tropical and subtropical zones, there are succulent and non'succulent plants which harbor readily releasable mucilage in their tissues, on the serfaces of their seeds or in thier bark. This report provides information of the benefits of mulcilaginous...
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1973-01-08 This book discusses many of the culinary and medicinal herbs native to North America, the kinds that were well known to the Indians and early settlers. 303 pages, illustrations
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At last...a comprehensive, truly unbiased herbal resource for health care professionals. You want to know the facts about herbal agents, not the folklore. You want results of scientific studies, not anecdotal reports and unverified claims.
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Maureen uses research studies to prove that nutritional supplementation can be as therapeutic as pharmaceuticals. Each page of this book reflects Maureen's 30 years of close work with researchers and physicians versed in nutrition. Her life's experiences and travels provide fascinating stories...