Basic Illustrated Medicinal Plants

Nature/Plants A FALCON GUIDE® BASIC ILLUSTRATED Medicinal Plants BASIC ILLUSTRATED Medicinal Plants Discover how to: • Finding and identifying over 100 wild medicinal plants • Treating common ailments and illnesses • Preparing infusions, decoctions, tinctures, fomentations, poultices and percolations • Identifying which plant parts to use and when for Medicinal Plants BASIC ILLUSTRATED MEDICINAL PLANTS Richly illustrated and information-packed tools for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, BASIC ILLUSTRATED books distill years of knowledge into affordable and visual guides. Whether you’re planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, the BASIC ILLUSTRATED series shows you what you need to know. BASIC ILLUSTRATED optimum health Jim Meuninck is a biologist and counselor who, for more than thirty years, has studied the use of wild plants as food and medicine in North America, Europe, Central America, Japan, and China. He is the author of Medicinal Plants of North America and Basic Illustrated Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs (both FalconGuides). He lives on the shores of Eagle Lake in Edwardsburg, Michigan. Front cover photo by Jim Meuninck Distributed by NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK 800-462-6420 FALCON ® GUIDES is an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield falcon.com JIM MEUNINCK Basic Illustrated MEDICINAL PLANTS BI_Medicinal_Plants_3ppCS55.indd 1 8/29/14 12:56 PM BI_Medicinal_Plants_3ppCS55.indd 2 8/29/14 12:56 PM Basic Illustrated MEDICINAL PLANTS Jim Meuninck BI_Medicinal_Plants_3ppCS55.indd 3 8/29/14 12:56 PM FALCONGUIDES GUIDES ® An imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Falcon, FalconGuides, and Outfit Your Mind are registered trademarks of Rowman & Littlefield. Distributed by NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK Copyright © 2014 by Rowman & Littlefield All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Information available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Meuninck, Jim, 1942- author. Basic illustrated medicinal plants / Jim Meuninck. pages cm — (Basic illustrated series) ISBN 978-0-7627-9191-0 (paperback) 1. Medicinal plants—United States—Identification. 2. Medicinal plants—United States—Pictorial works. I. Title. QK98.5.U6M484 2014 581.6'34—dc23 2014027446 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. The author and Rowman & Littlefield assume no liability for accidents happening to, or injuries sustained by, readers who engage in the activities described in this book. BI_Medicinal_Plants_3ppCS55.indd 4 9/9/14 9:59 AM This book is a work of reference and is not intended to supply medical advice to any particular individual. Readers should always consult their personal physicians for medial advice and treatment. The author, editors, and publisher of this work have checked with sources believed to be reliable in their efforts to confirm the accuracy and completeness of the information presented herein and that the information