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Kelly Kindscher Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie (Paperback)
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- Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie : an Ethnobotanical Guide
- Publication Name
- Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie
- Title
- Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie
- Subtitle
- An Ethnobotanical Guide
- Illustrator
- William S. Whitney
- Contributor
- William S. Whitney (Illustrated by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780700605279
- ISBN
- 9780700605279
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Genre
- Nature, Health & Fitness
- Topic
- Plants / General, Naturopathy, Ecosystems & Habitats / Plains & Prairies
- Release Date
- 30/07/1992
- Release Year
- 1992
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Weight
- 15.9 Oz
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publication Year
- 1992
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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The Plains Indians found medicinal value in more than two hundred species of native prairie plants. Unfortunately, modern American culture has not paid much attention. White settlers did learn a few plant-based remedies from the Indians, and a few prairie plants were prescribed by frontier doctors. A couple dozen prairie species were listed as drugs in the U.S. Pharmacopeia at one time or another, and one or two, like the Purple Coneflower, found their way into the bottles of patent medicine. But in both the number of species used and the varieties of treatments administered, Indians were far more proficient than white settlers. Their familiarity with the plants of the prairie was comprehensive--there probably were Indian names for all prairie plants, and they recognized more varieties of some species than scientists do today. Their knowledge was refined and exact enough that they could successfully administer medicinal doses of plants that are poisonous. All of the species used by frontier doctors were used first by Indians. In Medicinal Plants of the Prairie , ethnobotanist Kelly Kindscher documents the medicinal use of 203 native prairie plants by the Plains Indians. Using information gleaned from archival materials, interviews, and fieldwork, Kindscher describes plant-based treatments for ailments ranging from hyperactivity to syphilis, from arthritis to worms. He also explains the use of internal and external medications, smoke treatments, moxa (the burning of a medicinal substance on the skin), and the doctrine of signatures (the belief that the form or characteristics of a plant are signatures or signs that reveal its medicinal uses). He adds information on recent pharmacological findings to further illuminate the medicinal nature of these plants. Not since 1919 has the ethnobotany of native Great Plains plants been examined so thoroughly. Kindscher's study is the first to encompass the entire Prairie Bioregion, a one-million-square-mile area bounded by Texas on the south, Canada on the north, the Rocky Mountains on the west, and the deciduous forests of Missouri, Indiana, and Wisconsin in the east. Along with information on the medicinal uses of prairie plants by the Indians, Kindscher also lists Indian, common, and scientific names and describes Anglo folk uses, medical uses, scientific research, and cultivation. Descriptions of the plants are supplemented by 44 exquisite line drawings and over 100 range maps. This book will help increase appreciation for prairie plants at a time when prairies and their biodiversity urgently need protection throughout the region.
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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700605274
ISBN-13
9780700605279
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1001119
Product Key Features
Book Title
Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie : an Ethnobotanical Guide
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Plants / General, Naturopathy, Ecosystems & Habitats / Plains & Prairies
Publication Year
1992
Genre
Nature, Health & Fitness
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
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"This book is one of the best-researched works available on the uses of plants by the region's native inhabitants."-- South Dakota History "An important resource containing information not readily available elsewhere."-- Prairie Naturalist "An excellent book and a good example of how such regional ethnobotanies might be written."-- Plains Anthropologist "In this well-written and completely satisfying book, Kindscher with the help of Native Americans has identified and described over 200 prairie plants of medicinal value."-- Journal of the West "Will surely become an indispensable reference book for those who study Plains Indian ethnography and medical lore."-- Montana The Magazine of Western History, "One of the most important, original contributions to American medicinal plant literature in decades. Combining thoughtful insight with thorough research, this book has broad appeal, yet is scientifically sounda rare blend with lasting value."Steven Foster , coauthor of A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and editor of Botanical & Herb Reviews "Kelly Kindscher is the plains version of John Muir. Join him in the journey to discover the great pharmaceutical house on the prairie."Wes Jackson , director of The Land Institute and author of New Roots of Agriculture "A superb recounting of the use of prairie plants by Indian tribes of central North America."Walter H. Lewis , coauthor of Medicinal Botany: Plants Affecting Mans Health "Good reading-and a good source book for anthropologists, botanists, and ethnologists."James A. Duke , author of Handbook of Northeastern Indian Medicinal Plants, "This book is one of the best-researched works available on the uses of plants by the region's native inhabitants."South Dakota History "An important resource containing information not readily available elsewhere."Prairie Naturalist "An excellent book and a good example of how such regional ethnobotanies might be written."Plains Anthropologist "In this well-written and completely satisfying book, Kindscher with the help of Native Americans has identified and described over 200 prairie plants of medicinal value."Journal of the West "Will surely become an indispensable reference book for those who study Plains Indian ethnography and medical lore."Montana The Magazine of Western History, "One of the most important, original contributions to American medicinal plant literature in decades. Combining thoughtful insight with thorough research, this book has broad appeal, yet is scientifically sound--a rare blend with lasting value."- Steven Foster , coauthor of A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and editor of Botanical & Herb Reviews "Kelly Kindscher is the plains version of John Muir. Join him in the journey to discover the great pharmaceutical house on the prairie."- Wes Jackson , director of The Land Institute and author of New Roots of Agriculture "A superb recounting of the use of prairie plants by Indian tribes of central North America."- Walter H. Lewis , coauthor of Medicinal Botany: Plants Affecting Man's Health "Good reading-and a good source book for anthropologists, botanists, and ethnologists."- James A. Duke , author of Handbook of Northeastern Indian Medicinal Plants, "One of the most important, original contributions to American medicinal plant literature in decades. Combining thoughtful insight with thorough research, this book has broad appeal, yet is scientifically sound--a rare blend with lasting value."-- Steven Foster , coauthor of A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and editor of Botanical & Herb Reviews "Kelly Kindscher is the plains version of John Muir. Join him in the journey to discover the great pharmaceutical house on the prairie."-- Wes Jackson , director of The Land Institute and author of New Roots of Agriculture "A superb recounting of the use of prairie plants by Indian tribes of central North America."-- Walter H. Lewis , coauthor of Medicinal Botany: Plants Affecting Man's Health "Good reading-and a good source book for anthropologists, botanists, and ethnologists."-- James A. Duke , author of Handbook of Northeastern Indian Medicinal Plants
Copyright Date
1992
Lccn
91-038471
Dewey Decimal
581.6/34/097
Intended Audience
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