A Guide to Medicinal Plants of AppalachiaIntroductory material includes information on collecting medicinal plants and a table of 126 plants indicating the part to collect. For each plant covered, common names, description, flowering period, habitat, harvest, and uses are given. Photographs or line drawings for each plant. Index of common plant names. |
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A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia Arnold Krochmal,Russell S. Walters,Richard M. Doughty No preview available - 1971 |
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alder American anthelmintic antiseptic antispasmodic APLECTRUM HYEMALE Appalachia ARALIACEAE areas aromatic ASTERACEAE astringent axils balm BERBERIDACEAE berries branches CANADENSIS Carolina catkins clover clusters COMMON NAMES DESCRIPTION diaphoretic Dispensatory diuretic dried drug emetic emmenagogue erect evergreen expectorant FABACEAE feet in height fern flavoring FLOWERING PERIOD forests fruit green greenish ground HABITAT hairy HARVEST herb illus inches long Indian July to October July to September LAMIACEAE lanceolate leaf leaflets Leaves are alternate LILIACEAE lobes MARSH meadows moist ovate pastures perennial shrub perennial that grows petioled PINACEAE pine plant pollen POLYGONACEAE Produces purple PYROLACEAE racemosa RANUNCULACEAE reportedly rheumatism rhizomes Rhizomes and roots Rich woods roadsides root bark roots and rhizomes Roots in fall Rootstock SCROPHULARIACEAE sedative seeds shrub or small shrub that grows smooth snakeroot soil spikes stalk stem stimulant swamp sweet thickets tonic toothed treat tree that grows Virginia VIRGINIANA vulnerary weed white flowers whorls wild wintergreen yellow