Alaska's Wilderness Medicines: Healthful Plants of the Far North

by Eleanor Viereck and Eleanor G. Viereck

Book Overview

This guide to Alaskan wild plants, native and introduced, can be used to promote health and healing, use for emergency first-aid care, or to maintain wellness. More than fifty plant species are described with information on habitat and distribution as well as general information on how each one can be used as medicine. This natural history of some of Alaska's medicinal plants is not intended to serve the purpose of a self-care manual of medicine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882403222
• ISBN13: 9780882403229
• Release Date: May 1987
• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Very informative!

This book is definitely going to hold a place of honor on my bookshelf! I have always been interested in holistic/naturopathic remedies and this reference is excellent in identifying and describing native natural remedies in Alaska. While I have several North American medicinal plant and herb references, the climate in AK really does have an impact on the appearance and uses of many plants. Additionally, there are some plants growing there that, to the best of my knowledge, either don't grow anywhere else or aren't used medicinally anywhere else. Having native information about the plants and their uses is invaluable!

Alaska's Wilderness Medicines: Healthful Plants of the Far North

A fantastic informational book about the madicinal plants that this state has to offer. Learn a lot about the wild plants and their uses or ones that you should stay away from. Would recommend this book and the seller from whom I purchased it from, booksurf11. Paula

An Excellent Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants & Flowers

Divided by plant - includes a line drawing (full page), plant description, distribution, constituents, medicinal, culinary and other uses. Many of the medicinal uses are taken from the traditions of the Alaskan Natives and work very well... I have personally used my copy of this book for many years with great results

Wilderness Medicines

Everyone in the part of AK that I live in part of the year harvests their necessities. This is one of them.