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Infusions of healing : a treasury of Mexican-American herbal remedies / Joie Davidow ; illustrations by Miro Salazar.
Van Pelt Library RM666.H33 D376 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davidow, Joie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herbs--Therapeutic use--North America.
- Herbs.
- Materia medica, Vegetable--North America.
- Materia medica, Vegetable.
- Mexican Americans--Medicine.
- Mexican Americans.
- Traditional medicine--North America.
- Traditional medicine.
- Herbs--Therapeutic use.
- North America.
- Penn Provenance:
- Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [1999]
- Summary:
- This treasury of Mexican-American herbal medicine presents hundreds of safe, effective herbal treatments for everyday ailments--teas, liniments, compresses, salves, and soothing baths for headaches, colds, fevers, digestive problems, menstrual cramps, and aches and pains. In addition, more than 200 herbs are cataloged and cross-referenced. 10 line drawings.
- Notes:
- "A Fireside book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-347) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.
- ISBN:
- 0684854163
- OCLC:
- 41580529
- Online:
- Laurie Burrows Grad Collection Home Page
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