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Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants

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Author: Andrew Chevallier
Publisher: DK ADULT
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

13 reviews
Sales Rank: 102661

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.8 x 1.1

ISBN: 0789410672
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.3203
EAN: 9780789410672

Publication Date: October 1, 1996
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Product Description
The essential encyclopedic guide to modern complementary medicine, featuring more than 550 key herbs and their healing properties.

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5 out of 5 stars

Exactly what I wanted June 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have been looking for this book for over a year, and hadn't been able to find it. It is just what I was looking for and has great information, and really nice pictures.

5 out of 5 stars

Faithful Companion for Over 10 Years May 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book has been on my most used shelf for over ten years. It has some shortcomings that are easily augmented by anyone with a good herbal library. I love the layout and medicinal information as well as the history of the different herbal systems in the world. Great Book!

3 out of 5 stars

Pretty good ... July 3, 2001
4 out of 10 found this review helpful

... if you like your herbs from the herb store, that is. And if you like the TCM view of things.

I prefer books about herbs that I can grow myself, or pick in my back yard. I'm really not all that enthusiastic about books about exotics that I have to buy from far away places.
I also prefer books that focus on herbs used in the western herbal tradition. This book has just a tad too much of an emphasis on Chinese herbs for my tastes.
Finally, I _like_ books with one single, sometimes enormous, index. This one has two. I'm always looking things up in the wrong one, in books like this.

YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary), of course.

4 out of 5 stars

Excellent but not the most recent version.... December 10, 2000
23 out of 24 found this review helpful

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDICINAL PLANTS by Andrew Chevallier is a relatively comprehensive source of information about herbal uses for healing. This is not the most recent volume by this author, however. The 2000 version is more comprehensive and includes the most current information about research associated with herbal medicinal uses.

A less expensive and highly useful book on herbs and their uses is available from Rodale, entitled, ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERBS. The Rodale book includes information missing from this version of Chevallier's book concerning negative effectives of herbs including accidental poisoning owing to misuse or problems with plant identification. Also, Rodale has been the the organic growing business for several decades and offers information about plant horticulture. Chevallier's book is better illustrated, and filled with many colorful photographs but relatively less text (ratio of 1:4 pages for each item).

Unlike Ody's book, THE COMPLETE MEDICAL HERBAL, the Chevallier book contains information about native American herbs such as Cimicifuga Racemosa (Squawroot, Black Cohash). THE COMPLETE BOOK OF HERBS by Leslie Bremmness does not contain the comprehensive coverage of medicinal uses, but it does provide much information about medicinal and other uses such as pot pourri and sachet making, paper making, and food preparation.

5 out of 5 stars Best Source there is for medicinal plant information!! October 14, 2000
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

From its detailed descriptions of almost all medicinal plants, to its step by step instructions for different preparations, this book has it all!! It tells you where the plant is from even the history behind todays uses. If your interested in healing with plants... this book is for you!