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Native American medicinal plants : an ethnobotanical dictionary / Daniel E. Moerman.
Penn Museum Library RS171 .M64 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moerman, Daniel E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicinal plants--North America--Dictionaries.
- Medicinal plants.
- Materia medica, Vegetable--North America--Dictionaries.
- Materia medica, Vegetable.
- Indians of North America--Medicine--Dictionaries.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Ethnobotany--Dictionaries.
- Ethnobotany--North America--Dictionaries.
- Ethnobotany.
- Indians, North American.
- Indians of North America--Ethnobotany.
- Indians of North America--Medicine.
- North America.
- Plants, Medicinal.
- Medical Subjects:
- Indians, North American.
- North America.
- Plants, Medicinal.
- Ethnobotany.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 799 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- In this extraordinary compilation, anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman describes the medicinal uses of more than 3000 plants by 218 Native American tribes. Drawn from the same research in the author's monumental Native American Ethnobotany (Timber Press 1998), this new reference focuses specifically on 82 categories of medicinal uses, ranging from analgesics, contraceptives, and gastrointestinal aids to hypotensive medicines, sedatives, and toothache remedies. The book includes extensive indexes arranged by tribe, usage, and common name that make it easy to access the wealth of information in the detailed catalog of plants. This rich compendium provides a well-organized starting point for anthropologists, botanists, phytochemists, and readers interested in ethnobotany, natural healing, and the preservation of biodiversity.
- Contents:
- Plant use by Native Americans
- Plants used as drugs
- Appreciating the common knowledge of our past
- Sources of information on plant usages
- Drug usage categories
- Native Americans
- Organization of the information
- Scientific plant names
- Common plant names
- Ethnobotanical information
- Catalog of plants.
- Notes:
- Abridged version of: Native American ethnobotany / Daniel E. Moerman. c1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 522-527) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781604690354
- 1604690356
- 9780881929874
- 0881929875
- OCLC:
- 244420365
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