Book ID: 27631
Moerman, Daniel E.
Medicinal Plants of Native America. 2 vols. 1987. (Univ. of Michigan Mus. of Anthropology, Technical Report, 19). 912 p. 4to. Paper bd.
Good second hand copy of the original edition. Signature on title page.- This is a complete listing of medicinal uses of plants ever published,over 17.000 entries are organized into five tables (alphabetically bygenus, by indication, by family, by culture, and by common name). Themain table lists genus followed by indication (e.g. Chippewa analgesic)followed by common name, followed by more specific notes on usage(preparation, application, etc.). An introduction by the author explainshow to use the book and the bibliography lists over ninety sources usedin compiling the data.