Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West

ISBN-13:	9780890135396
Publisher:	Museum of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	08/16/2011
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	154,523
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

Michael Moore, renowned herbalist, teacher, and author of several medicinal plant books, presents a one-of-a-kind guide to over three hundred species of plants geographically ranging from Baja California to Alaska. This uniquely attractive book educates the reader to both native and introduced species within this region. With over eighty line drawings, forty-four color photographs, maps, and a glossary, this book contains clear and reliable information on identification and safe use of the plants; appearance, habitats, collecting methods, and storage; therapeutic uses, constituents, and preparations; potential toxicities and medical contraindications; and tea-making, tincturing, and salve making.