Can you please recommend a book that gives extensive detail about the medicinal properties of common plants? I'm looking for something that would be useful for when I start a homestead, so it should be thorough and practical, but it's ok if it's also rather technical because I have a fairly solid understanding of anatomy/biology/medicine. Thank you.
2007-01-05 14:52:26 · 5 answers · asked by Rat 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
hey there... here are a few suggestions...
Medicinal Plants: Chemistry and Properties By M. Daniel
The Natural History of Medicinal Plants By Judith Sumner
Handbook Of Medicinal Plants By Uriel. Bachrach, Zohara Yaniv
The first would be the most complete for the description of the properties and uses. Hope it helps...
2007-01-05 15:09:33 · answer #1 · answered by Duane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eyewitness Handbooks has one called "Herbs." It lists them by types of plants (trees, shrubs, etc.). The author is Lesley Bremness. It has actual photos of the plants.
Another good one is "Herbal Remedies" by Nicola Peterson. It isn't as detailed with the drawings but is detailed with the herbs.
Another good book is the Nutritional Guide to Healing. It is listed by disease but talks about what herbs work with what disease.
Good luck homesteading.
2007-01-05 15:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by mlemt76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what book you should buy, but you should search under the topic of Herbal Medicine...I'm sure it will return many results. Start at www.wikipedia.org and keep reading about it...maybe a book or two will be recommend on the subject you're interested in. good luck!
2007-01-05 14:57:04 · answer #3 · answered by Jimmy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you should go to barnes and nobles. they have a nice variety of books that you can choose. good luck!
2007-01-05 14:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by narcissa 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780395988145&itm=2
that should do it...but like someone else said barnes and noble has a large selection when you run a search for it.
2007-01-05 15:01:34 · answer #5 · answered by gollybegully 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋