Medicinal Plant Field Guides : 17 results priced between £10.00 and £75.00

Provides a comprehensive profile of medicinal plants detailing the scientific information with advance methods of identification including macroscopic and microscopic detail. It details nomenclature, habitat, besides Pharmacognostic studies data, pharmacology of major chemical constituents and their chemical structures with colour photographs of detailed descriptive plants. Therapeutic profiles are provided along with their recommended dosage. Microbiological studies including determination of surface...

This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. The second edition includes updated taxonomy and more than a dozen new species, such as echinacea, ephedra, jewelweed, goldenseal, and more. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making this a practical guide for anyone interested in the medicinal uses of wild plants.

The most complete work on the medicinal plants of western North America, this guide offers the best information in the world on the nearly 500 species covered, much of it available for the first time. More than 530 color photographs illustrate the plants. An index to medical topics helps locate information on specific ailments. Symbols next to the plant descriptions provide quick visual warnings for poisonous and allergenic plants. Organized by flower color for fast identification, this guide is...

Much needed guide providing an informative and concise description of the uses and identification of over 120 species of plants.

Well illustrated guide to North american species, with common names and scientific names given. `The definitive work on medicinal plants...how to identify, collect and even raise them' - The Library of Science.

This illustrated guide to North American wild medicinals has been a nature classic for over thirty years. In this new edition, David K Foster revises Bradford Angier's invaluable handbook, updating the taxonomy and adding more than a dozen species, including the purple coneflower, popularly known as echinacea, as well as ephedra, jewelweed, goldenseal, and more. Scientific information for a general audience and full-colour illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants' uses, making...

This guide shows how to identify 500 medicinal plants. It also describes in detail all the known uses. Colour photographs, b/w illustrations, 384pp. 2000

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An encyclopedia of North American wildland plants.

For anyone who reaches for a bottle of herbal capsules and wonders what's really inside, here is an authoritative, beautiful, useful, and readable book highlighting the world's most important healing herbs and how they address ailments in all body systems, from brain to bones, sinus to stomach. Got a headache? Sip chamomile. Indigestion? Chew fresh ginger. Can't sleep? Sip catnip tea. From head to toe, with every body system in between, this book showcases the world's 72 most effective...

This beautiful guide is illustrated with both photographs and illustrations by L Balasubramaniam, a local Kurumba person, which together provide an excellent publication enabling identification of plants, and giving their Kurumba, Irula and other Adivasi names, as well as English and Latin. Adivasi people use the vegetative features of a plant, especially the bark and leaves for identification. This book therefore attempts to focus on ‘all-season’ plant features, and builds on crucial linkages between...

Identifying Biodiversity: Why We Need Field Guides. Producing a Successful Guide: Principles, Purpose, People and Process. Planning and Budgeting. Plant Names and Botanical Publication. Diagnostic Keys and Other Access Methods. Plant Characters Suitable for Field Guides. Information: How to Get It and Present It. Illustration. Testing the Field Guide. Getting Your Guide Published.

Covers almost 360 species of medicinal plants. Provides information on how to find species that have been used in traditional medicine for centuries. Highlights features such as habitat and medicinal qualities along with details on safe usage and identification tips from experts. Colour photographs and illustrations, 256pp. 2008

William Hawthorne is a freelance tropical forest botanist and ecologist working for some of his time as a senior research associate in the Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford University.

120 colour photographs of widley occuring plants and Burren 'specialities'. Colour coded pages according to flower colour with space to record when and where you saw the plants. 160pp, 2008 edition

The most definitive guide available covering over 500spp all of which are described & illustrated with full-colour photos map 1993 2nd edtn

Photographs taken in the field depict an entire plant or a closer view of flowers, fruits or seeds. Instructive pen and ink drawings of botanical details also accompany many of the accounts. The text clearly explains each plant's identifying characteristics and reveals fascinating facts about its natural history, chemical properties, economic importance and medicinal and other uses. Colour photographs, line drawings, halftones, 2 maps, 530pp. 2007