Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants: Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series) (Paperback)

by Steven Foster (Author), Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal
YA-- A comprehensive guide to understanding the medicinal value of plants, trees, and shrubs. The book includes a well-planned index, attractive plates and illustrations, cross-references, and interpretative symbols regarding the plants' uses. The text is well researched. Each entry gives the common and scientific name, a short description of the plant, its general location, and its utility in the field of medicine. A book for anyone interested in the outdoors and/or who has an affinity with nature, and for students who are doing research on plant life. --Jeanette M. Lippencott, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
The first comprehensive pocket-size guide to medicinal plants shows how to identify 500 of these plants. Each one is illustrated with a line drawing, and nearly half are also shown in color photos. The text includes information on where the plants are found and detailed descriptions of all their known uses, both folk remedies and those that have been scientifically proven.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 366 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Expanded edition (May 24, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395920663
• ISBN-13: 978-0395920664
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #566,300 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding field guide with uses, drawings and photos, July 13, 1998

By A Customer

This is one of the better field guides available for identifying and determining the usefulness of many medicinal plants found commonly in the Eastern and Central US. This guide is recommended for beginners and experienced medicinal plant enthusiasts alike. A must have book for the novice in this field.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Find!!, January 15, 2001

By	Christina (ABQ, NM) - See all my reviews

This book was so fabulous, in fact, I give it more than five stars, I give it twenty! It is because of this book that I now want to be an ethnobotanical chemisist. This book has such pep and drive, just the Introduction and Preface make you want to go outside start a weed garden, picket the FDA, and go to college for seven years to get your degree in botanical chemistry. You don't believe me, but I'm serious. READ THIS BOOK! If not the whole book, at least the Introduction and Preface. It'll give you SO much energy.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice., September 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Peterson Field Guide(R) to Medicinal Plants (Peterson Field Guides) (Paperback)

This is excellent reading at home and on the go. You'll want to buy two of these just so you have one at home, and one you can really rough handle on the road. :) If you're into medicinal herbs or you just love knowing what's what out in the wild, this guide is number one! A MUST! You need it now.