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Earth medicine - earth food : plant remedies, drugs, and natural foods of the North American Indians

An alphabetical reference to the plant remedies and wild foods used by the Indians. Organized by condition, it explains which plants were used by different tribes to treat specific maladies, how they were prepared, and how to identify them in the wild. The book also discusses non-animal food sources such as nuts, seeds, berries, and ferns, and examines the relevance to traditional dietary patterns. Includes 160 black and white illustrations of plants.

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  • "Earth Medicine, Earth Food is an A-to-Z reference to the plant remedies and wild foods used by the Indians. Organized by condition - from allergies to female complaints to wounds - it explains which plants were used by different tribes to treat specific maladies, how they were prepared, and how to identify them in the wild. You'll learn that: The Catawba Indians treated back pain with a tea of arnica roots; The Iroquois and Mohegans used the boneset weed for colds and fever; The Blackfoot Indians applied a paste of scarlet mallow to burns as a cooling agent; The Menominees cured insomnia with a tea steeped from the leaves of the partridge berry plant and The Onondagas drank pennyroyal tea for headache."
  • "An alphabetical reference to the plant remedies and wild foods used by the Indians. Organized by condition, it explains which plants were used by different tribes to treat specific maladies, how they were prepared, and how to identify them in the wild. The book also discusses non-animal food sources such as nuts, seeds, berries, and ferns, and examines the relevance to traditional dietary patterns. Includes 160 black and white illustrations of plants."@en
  • ""The ... guide to the herbal remedies and wild plants of the North American Indians"--Cover subtitle."
  • "Earth Medicine, Earth Food also discusses non-animal food sources consumed by the Indians such as nuts, seeds, berries, and ferns, and examines the relevance of traditional dietary patterns to the way we eat now."--Pub. desc."

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  • "Earth medicine-earth foods plant remedies, drugs, and natural foods of the North American Indians"
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  • "Earth medicine-earth foods : Plant remedies, drugs, and natural foods of the North American Indians"
  • "Earth Medicine, earth foods : plant remedies, drugs, and natural foods of the North American Indians"
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  • "Earth medicine--earth foods; plant remedies, drugs, and natural foods of the North American Indians"
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  • "Earth medicine-earth foods : plant remedies, drugs and natural foods of the North American Indians"
  • "Earth medicine, earth food : plant remedies, drugs and natural foods of the North American Indians"
  • "Earth medicine--earth food : plant remedies, drugs, and natural foods of the North American Indians"
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  • "Earth medicine, earth foods : plant remedies, drugs, and natural foods of the North American indians"

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