Herbal Remedies from the Wild: Finding and Using Medicinal Herbs
Author: Corinne Martin
A handbook for the home herbalist, detailing how to identify, gather, and prepare more than fifty different wild plants for medicinal use. Traditional herbal medicine, long practiced as a primary form of healing in many cultures around the world, is gaining tremendous popularity and acceptance in this country. Plants such as echinacea and St. John's wort have become common remedies, and new scientific studies show evidence that these plants are in fact effective in bolstering the immune system and treating depression. Anyone interested in plants and in learning more about how to use them to enhance health will enjoy this book. Herbal Remedies From the Wild gives full descriptions of 52 medicinal herbs common to North America—plants such as valerian, used for insomnia; red clover, for coughs; and elderberry, for fever. For each species, the author gives details on its appearance, where it is found, how to harvest and prepare it, and the recommended dosage for specific ailments (including cautions about conditions that preclude the use of the herb). The introduction provides instructions for making teas, tinctures, salves, and syrups. A line drawing of each herb aids in identification. A huge surge of interest in herbal medicine coincides with this book's re-release. Herbal Remedies from the Wild is a revised and redesigned edition of the book Earthmagic, which sold nearly 10,000 copies in its first edition. 52 b/w illustrations.
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Certified herbalist Corinne Martin's Herbal Remedies From The Wild: Finding And Using Medicinal Herbs provides full descriptions for fifty-two medicinal herbs common to North America. The information provided includes the herb's appearance, where it is to be found, how to properly harvest and prepare it, and recom-mended dosages for specific ailments. Martin also includes cautions about conditions that preclude the use of the herb. The reader is given complete instructions for making teas, tinctures, salves, and syrups. Herbal Remedies From The Wild is a core addition to any personal, professional, or community library alternative health medical and herbal reference collection.
Table of Contents:
| Dedication | viii |
| Acknowledgments | ix |
| Notice to the Reader | xi |
| Preface | xiii |
| Introduction: The Earth as Healer | 1 |
| Using Herbs in the Healing Process | 9 |
| The Herbs by Season | |
| Spring | 23 |
| Willow Salix species | 25 |
| Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens | 29 |
| Catnip Nepeta cataria | 33 |
| Goldthread Coptis trifolia | 37 |
| White Pine Pinus strobus | 40 |
| Violet Viola species | 44 |
| Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus | 48 |
| Elderberry Sambucus canadensis and pubens | 52 |
| Cleavers Galium aparine | 56 |
| Shinleaf Pyrola elliptica and species | 60 |
| Chickweed Stellaria media and species | 64 |
| Summer | 69 |
| Plantain Plantago species | 71 |
| Yarrow Achillea millifolium | 75 |
| Red Clover Trifolium pratense | 79 |
| Comfrey Symphytum officinale | 83 |
| Sweet Fern Comptonia peregrina | 89 |
| Partridgeberry Mitchella repens | 93 |
| Mullein Verbascum thapsis | 97 |
| Raspberry Rubus idaeus and species | 101 |
| Sundew Drosera species | 105 |
| Shepherd's Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris | 109 |
| Pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata and maculata | 113 |
| Blueberry Vaccinium species | 117 |
| St. John's-wort Hypericum perforatum | 121 |
| Self-Heal Prunella vulgaris | 125 |
| Lobelia Lobelia inflata and species | 129 |
| Tansy Tanacetum vulgare | 133 |
| Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides | 137 |
| Valerian Valeriana officinalis | 141 |
| Mint Mentha species | 146 |
| Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum | 150 |
| Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca | 154 |
| Blue Vervain Verbena hastata | 158 |
| Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara | 162 |
| Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis and species | 166 |
| Jewelweed Impatiens capensis and pallida | 170 |
| Wild Lettuce Lactuca species | 174 |
| Wild Cherry Prunus serotina and species | 178 |
| Juniper Juniperus species | 183 |
| Hops Humulus lupulus | 187 |
| Fall | 191 |
| Gentian Gentiana species | 193 |
| Solomon's Seal Smilacena racemosa and Polygonatum biflorum | 197 |
| Yellow Dock Rumex crispus | 202 |
| Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana | 206 |
| Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus | 211 |
| Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica and species | 216 |
| Dandelion Taraxacum officinale | 220 |
| Rose Hips Rosa species | 224 |
| Horsetail Equisetum arvense | 228 |
| Burdock Arcticum lappa and minor | 232 |
| Hawthorn Berries Crataegus species | 236 |
| Barberry Berberis vulgaris and thunbergii | 240 |
| Bibliography | 244 |
| Herbal Associations and Societies | 246 |
| Glossary | 248 |
| Index | 251 |
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The Artist's Complete Health and Safety Guide
Author: Monona Rossol
The safe use of art or craft materials requires awareness and training. A host of toxic industrial chemicals and environmental pollutants are often found in these materials. Since The Artist's Complete Health and Safety Guide was first published in April, 1990, new research has changed the safety information about and threshold limit values for a number of chemicals used in art materials. This revised edition is a guide to using these potentially toxic materials safely and ethically. It is also designed to help art workers and teachers comply with health and safety laws in the United States and Canada. Coverage includes technical hazards information in plain language, tables of data on art materials ingredients, steps to comply with health and safety laws, safety checklists for studios and classrooms, detailed descriptions of safe practices, recommendations for proper protective equipment, and a list of non-toxic products for use by children and others who are especially sensitive to toxic substances.
Hygiene Industrial Association Journal
This book is well written, easy to read, practical, authoritative, and useful, not only for artists but also for teachers and industrial hygienists.
Library Journal
Most artists are at least vaguely aware of the dangers their profession poses, and several high-profile lawsuits have led to complex regulations regarding the handling of art materials. These concerns are ably addressed by Rossol's manual, a standard in the field. A chemist, artist, and industrial hygienist, Rossol is also the founder and president of ACTS (Arts, Crafts and Theater Safety). Her use of the word "complete" in the title is not misplaced; other books in the field, such as Michael McCann's Health Hazards Manual for Artists, don't come close. Four exhaustive sections cover regulations and specific hazards, artists' raw materials, precautions for individual media, and reproductive risks to artists. Fully equipped with appendixes on sources, governmental agencies, and an annotated reference list, this vitally important volume is essential for any art collection. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Library Journal
It is now widely recognized that the supplies commonly used by artists can be highly toxic. In fact, they are regulated under an amendment to the Toxic Substances Control Act. The author, herself an artist and a chemist, has completely revised her first edition of this guide to handling such substances (Allworth Pr., 1990), a highly important work for any artist, craftsperson, or teacher in the arts. Rossol covers solvents, pigments and dyes, metals and metal compounds, minerals, and plastics. She discusses their relationships to diseases of the skin, eyes, respiratory system, heart and blood, nervous system, liver, kidneys, bladder, and reproductive system. This is more than just an alarming catalog of hazards, however; the book is largely devoted to practical precautions for various media, including painting, printmaking, textiles, glass, photography, and smithing. This comprehensive guide is highly recommended for any artist's studio or art teacher's classroom and for all libraries that serve those in the arts and crafts.-Daniel J. Lombardo, Jones Lib., Amherst, Mass.
