The boreal herbal : wild food and medicine plants of the North
Record details
- ISBN: 9781896445564
- ISBN: 9780986827105
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Physical Description:
440 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm.
print - Publisher: Whitehorse, Yukon : Aroma Borealis Press, [2011].
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A guide to harvesting, preserving and preparing"--cover. Co-published by: CCI Press. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Getting Started ; 2. Herbs: Arnica ; Bearberry ; Bedstraw ; Wild Chamomile ; Chickweed ; Red Clover ; Coltsfoot ; Dandelion ; Devil's Club ; Dock ; Fireweed ; Gentian ; Goldenrod ; Horsetail ; Labrador Tea ; Lamb's Quarters ; Lungwort ; Mint ; Stinging Nettle ; Wild Onion ; Plantain ; Rhodiola ; River Beauty ; Rose ; Wild Sage ; Shepherd's Purse ; Mountain Sorrel ; Sheep Sorrel ; Strawberry Blite ; Sweetgrass ; Twinflower ; Valerian ; Yarrow -- Berries: Blueberry ; Cloudberry ; Cranberry ; Highbush Cranberry ; Currants ; Juniper ; Mossberry ; Raspberry ; Saskatoon Berry ; Soapberry ; Strawberry -- Trees: Alder ; Trembling Aspen ; Birch ; Subalpine Fir ; Lodgepole Pine ; Balsam Poplar ; Spruce ; Tamarack ; Willow -- 3. Medicinal Preparations: Herbal teas -- Tinctures, Vinegars, Elixirs and Bitters -- Syrups -- Capsules -- Plant Essences -- Topical Treatments -- Essential Oils and Hydrosols -- Boreal Baths and Steams -- Getting Wild in the Kitchen: Cooking with wild foods -- Raw juices and smoothies -- Muffins, Biscuits, and Pancakes -- Jam, Jellies, Chutney, and Topping Syrups -- Sauces and Dressings -- Soups and Salad -- Main Courses and Sides -- Desserts and Sweet Treats -- 4. Starting up a Non-timber Forest-products business -- 5. Herbalists through the ages -- The Celtic Tree alphabet -- Botany Basics -- Botanical Terms -- Understanding herbal constituents and phytochemistry -- Medicinal actions of plants. |
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Subject: | Medicinal plants -- Canada, Northern Medicinal plants -- Canada, Northern -- Identification Materia medica, Vegetable -- Canada, Northern Herbals -- Canada, Northern |
Genre: | Guidebooks. Field guides. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Granisle Public Library | 581.634 GRA (Text) | 35190000205912 | Adult Non Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |