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consumer, cooking, ecology, gardening, health, humor, liberal progressive
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Bottlebrush Press presents its 449-page book:
Ancient Herbs and Modern Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference Guide
to Medicinal Herbs, Human Ailments and Possible Herbal Remedies
by James Kedzie Sayre.
Are you looking for a reference book on medicinal herbs that contains
detailed information on the good points and bad points of over twelve hundred
herbs?
The first part of my book covers traditional and modern medicinal herbs
from Europe, North America, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa
and Asia. A short monograph on each herb includes a thumb-nail botanical
description, food uses, spice uses, possible medicinal uses, toxicities
and contra-indications (inadvisable uses), cultivation ranges and area origins.
The following link includes many sample medicinal and culinary herb
entries ranging from Acacia to Zedoary including Aconites (2), Adder's Tongues
(2), Agrimonys (2), Angelica, Black Cohosh, Chamomiles (2), Coffees (3),
Fennel, Fenugreek, Feverfew, Garlic, Ginger, Ginsengs (4), Kava, Lemon Balm,
Licorices (3), Mushrooms (3), Nightshades (4), Papaya, Passionflower, Peppermint,
Pineapple, Rosemary, St. John's Wort, Saw Palmetto, Skullcaps (3), Soybean,
Tea, Tea Trees (2), Tobacco, Willows (2), Yarrows (2), Yeasts (2) and others:
The second part of the book includes over one hundred and eighty human
ailments, with a thumb-nail description, a listing of possibly useful vitamins,
minerals and other dietary supplements, and a listing of possible herbal
remedies, along with lists of recommendations of the German Commission E
and over two dozen other experts in the field of herbal medicine, ailment
by ailment and herb by herb.
The next link includes some sample ailment and health entries including
Aging, Anxiety, Athletes's Foot, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Back
Pain, Bitters, Colds, Coughs, Depression (mild), Flu, Gout, Heart Problems,
High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Immune System Support, Indigestion,
Insomnia, Memory, Menopause, Menstrual Cramps, Migraine Headaches, PMS,
Spring Tonics, Strewing Herbs, Tennis Elbow (computer mouse elbow), Tinnitus,
Whitlows, Witches' Brews and Witches (folk protection against) Sample ailment entries plus possible herbal remedies
The accompanying CD-ROM includes two hundred and sixty pages of additional
information in the Word format. It is readable in both Windows and Macintosh
OS formats. It includes etymologies and folknames for the twelve hundred
medicinal herbs along with some technical glossaries. and other information.
CD-ROM
Bottlebrush Press has also published the
North American Bird Folknames and Names book
British Bird Name Origins including etymologies for chaffinch, dotterel,
gyr falcon, lapwing, rook, skua, starling, stork, swan, tit, weaver finch
and wheatear British Bird Name Origins
North American Bird Name Origins including etymologies for albatross,
ani, avocet, bobolink, cardinal, cuckoo, flamingo, flicker, goatsucker,
gull, hawk, hummingbird, ibis, jay, mallard, man-'o-war, meadowlark, mockingbird,
owl, pelican, roadrunner, robin, sapsucker, shrike, sparrow, titmouse, vulture,
warbler, waxwing and woodpecker North American
Bird Name Origins
Several sample listings of the folknames and names for North American
birds including Loon, Anhinga, Frigate Bird, Great Blue Heron, Canada Goose,
Ducks, Turkey Vulture, Hawks, Ruffed Grouse, Turkey, Coot, Killdeer, Woodcock,
Puffin, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Smooth-billed Ani,
Roadrunner, Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl, Night Hawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird,
Belted Kingfisher, Flicker, Pilieated Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker,
Eastern Kingbird, Horned Lark, Blue Jay, Gray Jay, Crow, Black-capped Chickadee,
House Wren, Robin, Hermit Thrush, Mockingbird, Catbird, Brown Thrasher,
Cedar Waxwing, Starling, Black-and-white Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Cardinal,
Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Baltimore
Oriole and others Several sample listings
of the folknames and names for North American birds
Sighting of The Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Bottlebrush Press presents:
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Alternative media
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Please feel free to Email
the author at sayresayre@yahoo;com. sayresayre@yahoo.com
Bottlebrush Press has maintained its presence on the Internet
since 1996.
This web page was recently created by James K. Sayre.
Copyright 2006 by Bottlebrush Press. All Rights Reserved.
Web page last updated on 27 February 2006.
