The most complete guide ever written on the medicinal plants of western North America.

This Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Medicinal Plants and Herbs is an updated field guide to the medicinal plants and herbs found in eastern and central North America, including how to identify them and use them. Medicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for prescription drugs. Steven Foster and James A. Duke have used recent advances in the study of medicinal plants and their combined experience of over 100 years to completely update the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants.

The clear and concise text identifies the key traits, habitats, uses, and warnings for more than 530 of the most significant medicinal plants in the eastern and central United States and Canada including both native and alien species. This book contains 700 images, an organization-by-color system, and simplified warnings that make identifying medicinal plants fast and easy.

Physical Info: 1.3" H x 7.6" L x 4.5" W (1.3 lbs) 

480 pages

ISBN: 9780547943985