Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword Richard Liebmann, N.D.

Introduction Rosemary Gladstar

What You Can Do to Make a Difference Rosemary Gladstar
Creating Botanical Sanctuaries Christopher Hobbs, L.Ac.
Wise Old Plants Robyn Klein
The American Extra Pharmacopoeia David Winston
Flower Essences Kate Gilday and Shatoiya de la Tour
Arnica Brigitte mars
Black Cohosh Richo Cech
Calamus Root Don Babineau
Cascara Sagrada Richo Cech
Echinacea Steven Foster
Eyebright Sara Katz
American Ginseng Kathi Keville
Goldenseal Mark Blumenthal
Goldthread Nancy and Michael Philips
Helonias Root Deb Soule
Kava Tane Datta
Lady's Slipper Orchid Rosemary Gladstar
Lobelia Cascade Anderson Geller
Lomatium Krista Thie
oregon Grape Ryan W. Drum, Ph.D.
Osha Gregory L. Tilford
Partridgeberry Susun S. Weed
Pipsissewa Stephen Harrod Buhner
Pleurisy Root Joanne marie Snow
Slippery Elm Paul Strauss
Spikenard Kate Gilday
Stoneroot Martin Wall
Sundew Janice J Schofield
Trillium Pamela Hirsch
Venus's-Flytrap James Green
Virginia Snakeroot Doug Elliott
Whit Sage Jane Bothwell
Wild Indigo David Bunting
American Wild yam Richo Cech
Yerba Mansa Tim Blakley
Yerba Santa Shatoiya and Rick de la Tour

Appendix 1: Sea Vegetables Ryan W. Drum, Ph.D.

Appendix 2: Concern for European Medicinal Plants Cascade Anderson Geller

Appendix 3: Planting Guides and Resources

About the Authors

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Index

About the Author

A practicing herbalist with twenty-six years of experience, Rosemary Gladstar is the founder of United Plant Savers (UpS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving America’s native medicinal plants, and cofounder of Sage Mountain Herbs, which offers a comprehensive herbal training program. She is also the author of numerous books, including the bestselling Herbal Healing for Women. Pamela Hirsch, owner of Rowan Mountain Herbals, an herbal body-care business specializing in natural soaps, has worked with medicinal herbs for nearly a decade. Growing up in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe, she was exposed to different healing modalities at an early age. She shares her hard-won herbal secrets for staying healthy on the road in The Traveler’s Natural Medicine Kit (forthcoming from Healing Arts Press).

Reviews

"The United Plant Savers group is dedicated to the 'green medicine of plants,' a natural approach to the healing benefits of our flora. An important contribution to the literature of herbalism."
*Alice Joyce, Booklist*

"Exceptional."
*Today's Books, February 8, 2001*

"A ground-breaking book (pun intended). A manual for personal and planetary health, an important book for city and country dwellers alike."
*Light of Consciousness, Winter 2002*

"A must-have for all of us who say that we worship the ground we walk on."
*Barbara Ardinger, PanGaia: Earthwise Spirituality, Winter 2001-02*

"The book draws on the experience not only of its two editors but also many other respected herbalists from the organization United Plant Savers."
*Pearly Baker Best, Magical Blend's Natural Beauty & Health, Summer 2002*