In the second edition, world-renowned ethnobotanist James A. Duke provides up-to-date data on over 800 of the world's most important medicinal plant species. The book contains mo

"Researchers, get busy!" and "caveat emptor" are the messages of this iteration (last, 1993; first, 1982) by herbalists Tyler (pharmacognosy, Purdue U.) and Foster, as they cull herbs' healing virtues from the hype.

In The Green Pharmacy Guide to Healing Foods, Dr. Duke turns to the broader and even more popular subject of food as medicine, drawing on more than thirty years of research to identify the most powerful healing foods on earth.

Ayurvedic herbs have reached the mainstream of health care - now two experts teach you about the earth's oldest healing system.

A comprehensive volume, Cinnamon and Cassia: Genus Cinnamomum explores in detail Srilankan cinnamon, Chinese cassia, Indonesian cassia, Indian cassia, camphor, and also the important related and useful spices of Cinnamomum. The introdu

The Way of Herbs is an essential manual for gaining and maintaining good health through a holistic approach, a natural path to well-being, and is “the one book that should be in everyone’s library” (William McGarey, MD).

This single-volume resource provides sound, up-to-date information and authoritative resources for research on the controversial topics of the use of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes and the effects of marijuana use on ...

Clinical herbalist Maria Noël Groves helps you understand the root causes of diabetes, hypertension, nerve pain, thyroid disorders, and so much more, while also teaching you how to make natural medicine an integral part of your daily self ...

A Practical, Authoritative Compendium This handbook catalogs 365 species of herbs having medicinal or folk medicinal uses, presenting whatever useful information has been documented on their toxicity and utility in humans and animals.

1516 species and variants are ethnopharmacologically described