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This book is all about insects, and their medicinal contributions. It also contains a few plants that eat insects, and their use for health and healing. It is far from complete, and deals mainly with insects found in northern North America, where I reside.

Ants, bees, wasps, grasshoppers, spiders, dragonflies, slugs, maggots, butterflies, moths and numerous other insects contain compounds used in herbal medicine. Bees, for example, give us propolis, royal jelly, honey, and pollen- all prized for promoting health and well being.

I am an ethnobotanist and herbalist, so apologize in...

The body's nervous system is complex, responsive and self-regulating. It stores memory of past events and patterns that shape its reactivity.

The herbs in this volume assist the body in finding a healthy balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

These include wood betony, bird's foot trefoil, chamomile, ghost pipe, hops, elephant head, lemon balm, wild lettuce, marsh hedge nettle, wild oats, passion flower, Saint John's wort, Scullcap, and valerian.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

This oft cited quote is only partially correct.

All the plants in this book, according to the weed act of alberta, are prohibited and noxious weeds. They are banned in many other provinces and states as well.

But they do have virtues They all contribute to our well being in ways you will discover in these pages. I think it is important to understand what industrial agriculture means by the term "noxious weed." They mean a plant that interferes with agri-business and therefore requires...

Around the world, people walk on, or by grasses, rarely giving them a second glance.

And yet, they are the most important food source on the planet, providing sustenance to 7 billion people every day.

The grass family is composed of more than 10,000 species in 13 sub-families and 668 genera.

In fact, the advent of agriculture, and the shifts in society associated with transition from hunter/gatherer is one of the great markers in human history.

In this book, you will find a myriad of medicinal and health benefits derived from grasses, grains and similar plants such as rushes,...

The immune system works in a fine-tuned and balanced environment. Various chronic diseases stem from under or over reactivity.

Herbs covered include amur bark, andrographis, balsam root, black eyed susan, cedar, chicory, Echinacea, fleeceflower, hemp, woad, lomatium, larch, sea buckthorn, self heal, spilanthes, yew, wild indigo, chaga and usnea.

This book contains a wealth of information on over 50 medicinal plants in Edmonton Alberta's river valley.

Traditional medicinal uses, are combined with modern scientific herbal application recipes of preparation. Large full color photographs help identify native and introduced plants along the trails of the North Saskatchewan River.

Healing Herbs of the Boreal Forest is a thorough exploration of healing properties from trees, shrubs and fungi of this region.

The book explores traditional use by First Nations peoples of North America, as well as modern validation through biochemistry and human clinical trials.

Along the way, each chapter examines the homeopathic literature, as well as the latest findings on essential oils and their health benefits. Spiritual properties and personality traits of the plants are presented, as well as a smattering of astrological influence, gemmotherapy, herbal-drug interactions and...

This volume contains a number of herbs beneficial to liver and gall bladder.

Complete descriptions are found for milk thistle and other thistles, artemisia species, yellow dock and other rumex species, toadflax, balmony, spindle tree, centaury, fringe tree, brickellia, speedwell, Oregon grape, Culver's root, celandine, and dandelion.

Why write a book about medicinal plants and fungi named after the devil?

Was it because one of my favorite musical groups, The Grateful Dead sang, "A friend of the devil is a friend of mine?" NOT REALLY.

Richard Mabey suggested, "the satanic epithets were probably just terms of respectful joshing, as in 'that little devil'." Well, maybe a bit.

Actually, it is because I noted over the years so many plants given this negative rap for no known reason. Associating plants with d(evil) denoted caution, awareness, poison and powerful medicinal properties.

Many of the plants and fungi...

This volume concentrates on the female reproductive system, with a plethora of herbs that assist in "normalizing" the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth, and both peri-menopause and the crone stage of life.

Herbs include pulsatilla, angelica, baneberry, black cohosh, trillium, chasteberry, raspberry, dead nettle, fairy candelabra, gromwell, partridge berry, peony, pond lily, gromwell, rose, shepherd's purse, crampbark, vervain and more.

Snake Medicine is a look at traditional and modern usage of venom for health and healing. This involves the use of homeopathic dilutions for physical and mental patterns, as well as molecular patterns for new pharmaceuticals to treat blood clots, cancer, ebola, and hypertension.

The Bean family is the second most important economic group in the world after the Grass or Poaceae family.

It is rich in a variety of phytochemicals that help treat all manner of health conditions.

The tale of Jack and the Beanstalk is of certain significance. The idea that a bean can be the portal to a magical world is common in popular culture. No surprise there

Rolling in the clover conjures up for many people, sweet, delightful memories. This family is large and varied, containing various beans and peas, but other delights like licorice, alfalfa, caragana, and vetches....