Timely book on rainforest herbology and traditional healing. Authors work with Central American healers to compile herbal lore.
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The work of Rosita Arvigo and Michael Balik to bring the knowledge of the Mayan healers to the Western reader deserves due credit. This revised and enlarged second edition includes much additional information about the major herbs in the Mayan pharmacopeia. Their work proves that the rainforest has more value to mankind alive than cut down!
The work of Rosita Arvigo and Michael Balik to bring the knowledge of the Mayan healers to the Western reader deserves due credit. This revised and enlarged second edition includes much additional information about the major herbs in the Mayan pharmacopeia. Their work proves that the rainforest has more value to mankind alive than cut down!
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Being a student of rainforest medicinal plants myself, I found this book one of the best, published or unpublished, to-date. The drawings are excellent, making field identification easy. The presentation of both the common and scientific names of plants is invaluable. I found it interesting that the Carribean people of Belize and the Carribean people of Costa Rica (where I am) use the same names and uses for many of the medicinal plants. This book is a wealth of information for such a small price, not to mention, motivation for further inquiry. Thank You!
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A useful field book.,
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Not the best field-guide ever, but a very competent, useful, well-compiled book overall. Drawings are useful, though could use more detail or photos in some cases. Descriptions are useful in identification.The shining point of this book is in the details after the plant information. Uses, both local and western are given with information that would point you in the direction of further inquiries. Common and binomial names are given, making it even more useful for cross-referencing these plants. An excellent ethnobotanic book.
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Somewhat disappointed with this book. Does not contain much new information that other herbal and natural health books have. Good for the novice herbalist.
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Tradational Uses: Both the berries and leaves are used medicinally as a pleasant, warming tea for digestive upsets, gas, and infant colic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cooled decoction, large double handful, uterine stimulant effect, sips all day, same decoction, vitro antifungal activity, vitro antibacterial activity, molluscicidal activity, hot water extract, plant family, hypotensive activity, hypoglycemic activity, ethanol extract, chopped root, snake doctor, leaf juice, herbal baths, disturbed forests, village healer, insecticidal activity, scientific name, dried leaf Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scientific Name, Research Results, Mopan Maya, Kekchi Maya, Asteraceae Description, Caesalpiniaceae Description, Euphorbiaceae Description, Verbenaceae Description, Rubiaceae Description, John Charles, Araceae Description, Fabaceae Description, Lamiaceae Description New!
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Tradational Uses: Both the berries and leaves are used medicinally as a pleasant, warming tea for digestive upsets, gas, and infant colic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cooled decoction, large double handful, uterine stimulant effect, sips all day, same decoction, vitro antifungal activity, vitro antibacterial activity, molluscicidal activity, hot water extract, plant family, hypotensive activity, hypoglycemic activity, ethanol extract, chopped root, snake doctor, leaf juice, herbal baths, disturbed forests, village healer, insecticidal activity, scientific name, dried leaf Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scientific Name, Research Results, Mopan Maya, Kekchi Maya, Asteraceae Description, Caesalpiniaceae Description, Euphorbiaceae Description, Verbenaceae Description, Rubiaceae Description, John Charles, Araceae Description, Fabaceae Description, Lamiaceae Description New!
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- Medical Dictionary by Barnes & Noble in Back Matter
- Morphology of Plants and Fungi by Harold C. Bold in Back Matter
- New World by Warwick Collins in Back Matter
- New York State by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell in Front Matter
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