Alaska's wilderness medicines : healthful plants of the far north

Type
Book
Authors
Eleanor G. Viereck ( Viereck, Eleanor G. )
Dominique Collett ( Collett, Dominique )
 
ISBN 10
0882403222 
ISBN 13
9780882403229 
Category
General Library Collection  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1987 
Pages
116 
Subject
Medicinal plants -- Alaska 
Abstract
"A natural history guide to the plants of Alaska and the Northwest, and how they can be used for health care, healing, and first aid."--WorldCat. 
Description
107 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. 
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Collecting wild plants
From leaf to tea
Alder
Angelica
Birch
Bistort
Chamomile
Chickweed
Cleavers
Coltsfoot
Cowparsnip or wild celery
Crowberry
Currant
Dandelion
Devil's club
Fireweed
Highbush cranberry
Horsetail
Iris
Juniper
Labrador tea
Larch
Lowbush cranberry
Plantain
Poplar or Cottonwood
Raspberry
Rose
Shepherd's fern
Soapberry
Sourdock
Sphagnum
Spruce
Strawberry
Sweet gale
Uva-ursi or Kinnikinnick
Willow
Wormwood
Yarrow
Therapeutic uses of Alaskan plants
Conditions that can be treated with Alaskan plants
Glossary
References
Index.  
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