Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grand: Traditional Medicine of the Southwest [Paperback]

L. M. S. Curtin (Author), Michael Moore (Editor), Mimi Kamp (Illustrator)

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• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Western Edge Press; Rev Sub edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889921017
• ISBN-13: 978-1889921013
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,755,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide to herbal uses of native Southwestern plants, February 20, 1999

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This review is from: Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grand: Traditional Medicine of the Southwest (Paperback)

Living in the Southwestern Chihuahuan desert, I am always on the search for sources of information regarding local flora and particularly ethnobotanical uses of plants. This is an excellent guide originally published in 1947 and edited by Michael Moore who I consider to be an expert on herbal uses of native southwestern plants. For anyone interested in this subject, a fabulous resource to have in your library!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars from the Medical Herbalism journal, August 30, 2000

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Paul Bergner "Editor, Medical Herbalism journal" (Boulder, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grand: Traditional Medicine of the Southwest (Paperback)

Laura Curtin lived and worked among the curanderas and Native Americans of Northern New Mexico during the early part of the twentieth century. She fell in love with the plants and their lore, and later, at the prompting of a friend, decided to record them. Healing Herbs was first published in 1947, at a time when interest in traditional healing in Northern New Mexico was in decline. It helped preserve traditional information for a new generation -- when editor Michael Moore arrived in Santa Fe in the 1960s he found copies of Curtin's book as a prized possession in many traditional households. The book is unique in the literature of ethnobotany in that it was written essentially by an insider in the tradition, rather than by an observer doing interviews.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great herbal reference, February 26, 2011

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This review is from: Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grand: Traditional Medicine of the Southwest (Paperback)

Has lots of into on healing herbs specific to this area. If you live in the area or are planning to visit, and are interested in herbology, this is a great reference to have.