Healing Herbs

by Frank J. Lipp

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 076078163X
• ISBN13: 9780760781630
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A 1 Pound Book Jam-Packed With Information

184 pp, with over 250 color illustrations, a glossary, a bibliography, a plant index, and a general index. "A richly illustrated and uniquely comprehensive guide to herbalism, this book traces the histories of medicinal plants in different cultures, with special emphasis on their collection, their cultivation, their uses, their symbolism, and the roles they play in a vast spectrum of traditions and beliefs. - specially commissioned botanical artworks...including art, artefacts, plant portraits, and documentary photos.... - ...information on gathering, storage, preparation, current usage, and properties... - explores herbal healing around the world, with a special section on healing in the East...."