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Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That is where the fruit is. UNKNOWN.

This volume explored the health and medicinal benefits of fruits that grow in northern climates. Some are indigenous and others introduced. Fruit is derived from the Latin FRUITUS meaning, "to enjoy." Fruit contains a vast variety of compounds that both prevent disease and maintain health and well-being. Modern research has discovered that many of these nutrients are synergistic and surpass artificial vitamins and minerals in both availability and potency. And they taste better

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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...

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...

This book contains a wealth of information on over 50 more 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.

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.

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.

Adaptogens are herbs that increase the body's ability to reduce response to stress. They are non-specific, and alter our reactivity by balancing the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. In turn overactive and underactive hormonal and endocrine functions are returned to homeostatic balance.

Herbs include astragalus, devil's club, eleutherococcus, American ginseng, goji berry, gymnostemma, wild licorice, maral root, prickly spine, wild sarsaparilla, spikenard, rhodiola, and schisandra. Medicinal mushrooms include reishi, artist's conk, and other Ganoderma species as well as cordyceps.

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.