Healing Plants (Paperback)

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Healing Plants is a concise guide to traditional herbal medicine, written for both the beginner and the seasoned herbalist. Ana Nez Heatherley draws from her Native American and Celtic ancestry as she examines one hundred types of healing plants and herbs common to North America - from aloe and chickweed to periwinkle and yucca - citing the afflictions they remedy and offering understandable scientific explanations for each plant's effectiveness. Interweaving folklore throughout, Heatherley also gives growing tips, methods of preparing everything from a poultice to a tincture, herbal food ideas, and information on the latest research.

With a color identification section, helpful cross-reference lists, location maps, and informative sidebars, Healing Plants is the most practical book for anyone looking for an alternative to modern medicine.

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Healing Plants is a concise guide to traditional herbal medicine, written for both the beginner and the seasoned herbalist. Ana Nez Heatherley draws from her Native American and Celtic ancestry as she examines one hundred types of healing plants and herbs common to North America - from aloe and chickweed to periwinkle and yucca - citing the afflictions they remedy and offering understandable scientific explanations for each plant's effectiveness. Interweaving folklore throughout, Heatherley also gives growing tips, methods of preparing everything from a poultice to a tincture, herbal food ideas, and information on the latest research. With a color identification section, helpful cross-reference lists, location maps, and informative sidebars, Healing Plants is the most practical book for anyone looking for an alternative to modern medicine. (6 X 9, 288 pages, color photos, maps)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558215093
• ISBN-13: 978-1558215092
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,115,061 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Priceless look into Ana Nez's Cherokee "wild pharmacy", April 27, 1998

By	[e-mail] (New Orleans, La.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing Plants: A Medicinal Guide to Native North American Plants and Herbs (Hardcover)

A great book for natural healing enthusiasts, focusing on the medicinal plants used by Native Americans, the science surrounding them, and tips, photos and maps for finding, identifying anp preparing them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Concise guide to traditional herbal medicine, August 24, 2006

By	Reader Views "www.readerviews.com" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

Reviewed by Juanita Watson for Reader Views (8/06)

Ana Nez Heatherley comes from a long family line of herbalists. She is a registered nurse, speaks regularly on the topic of traditional herbal medicine, and has written for the highly credited magazine Mother Earth News.

Her book "Healing Plants: A Medicinal Guide to Native North American Plants and Herbs" is an excellent addition to any library, but especially for anyone interested in traditional and herbal medicine. Heatherley explores approximately one hundred plants and herbs common to North America. Though some information here may be redundant to a seasoned herbalist, there is a number of herbs that you don't see in the typical books of this genre - such as Buttonbush, Catalpa, and Prairie tea. I actually don't remember seeing Prairie tea mentioned anywhere else, let alone with a picture as included in Heatherley's book. Impressive!

Heatherley includes distribution maps, bullet-point side bars, and photo section containing a picture for every plant. This combined with practical applications, interesting folklore, tips, cautions, recipes, and more, round out this informative and interesting book.

I have a very large library of herbal books and it takes a lot to impress me these day - unfortunately, many simply repeat the same information. "Healing Plants" was an unsuspected surprise! Heatherley provides a slightly new perspective on the commonly known medicinal plants, and an impressive account of many not-so-well-known plants that deserve their day in the spotlight.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Herbalist with knowledge that is is not seen in many Herbalist of our modern times. , January 10, 2006

By	HRM Deborah of Israel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing Plants: A Medicinal Guide to Native North American Plants and Herbs (Hardcover)

Ann is a very close friend of mine and is a Herbalist with knowledge that is is not seen in many Herbalist of our modern times. She is a person the has helped many people with her knowledge on herbs.

This book took much time to research and was a labor of love even at a time when her dear husband was becoming ill. This book is a must for any person interested in Herbs and how they are used.

Ann draws much of her knowledge from her Cherokee ancestry. She lectures and helps people even now.