Southwest Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 112 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness (Medicinal Plants Series)

Book 4 of 6 book medicinal plant series (6 books)Wildcraft your way to wellness!In Southwest Medicinal Plants, John Slattery is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting, and using 112 of the region’s most powerful wild plants. You’ll learn how to safely and ethically forage, and how to use wild plants in herbal medicines including teas, tinctures, and salves. Plant profiles include clear, color photographs, identification tips, medicinal uses and herbal preparations, and harvesting suggestions. Lists of what to forage for each season makes the guide useful year-round.Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers, naturalists, and herbalists in Arizona, southern California, southern Colorado, southern Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, western and central Texas, and southern Utah. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 Introduction......Page 12 Wildharvesting with the Seasons......Page 44 Medicinal Plants of the Southwest......Page 58 Agrimony......Page 59 Alder......Page 61 Algerita......Page 63 American Licorice......Page 67 Anemone......Page 69 Arizona Cypress......Page 72 Ash......Page 75 Aspen......Page 77 Beebalm......Page 80 Bermudagrass......Page 83 Betony......Page 86 Blazing Star......Page 89 Bricklebush......Page 91 Brittlebush......Page 93 Buttonbush......Page 95 California Poppy......Page 97 Camphorweed......Page 99 Canyon bursage......Page 102 Cáscara Sagrada......Page 105 Chaste Tree......Page 108 Chia......Page 111 Chickweed......Page 114 Chokecherry......Page 117 Cholla......Page 120 Cleavers......Page 124 Copperleaf......Page 127 Cottonwood......Page 130 Cow Parsnip......Page 133 Cranesbill......Page 136 Creosote Bush......Page 139 Cudweed......Page 143 Curly Dock......Page 146 Dandelion......Page 149 Desert Cotton......Page 151 Desert Lavender......Page 154 Desert Willow......Page 157 Echinacea......Page 160 Elder......Page 163 Estafiate......Page 166 Evening Primrose......Page 169 Fanpetals......Page 171 Figwort......Page 174 Filaree......Page 177 Fireweed......Page 180 Flor de Tierra......Page 182 Globemallow......Page 185 Goatbush......Page 188 Goldenrod......Page 191 Golden Smoke......Page 193 Gumweed......Page 196 Hackberry......Page 198 Hawthorn......Page 201 Hopbush......Page 205 Hop Tree......Page 208 Horsetail......Page 211 Horseweed......Page 214 Inmortál......Page 217 Jojoba......Page 220 Juniper......Page 223 Kidneywood......Page 226 Lobelia......Page 228 Mallow......Page 230 Manzanita......Page 233 Mexican Palo Verde......Page 236 Mock Vervain......Page 239 Monkey Flower......Page 241 Mormon Tea......Page 243 Mulberry......Page 246 Mullein......Page 249 Nettle......Page 252 Oat......Page 256 Ocotillo......Page 259 Oreganillo......Page 263 Oshá......Page 265 Oxeye Daisy......Page 269 Passionflower......Page 271 Pearly Everlasting......Page 274 Pecan......Page 276 Pine......Page 279 Plantain......Page 282 Prickly Ash......Page 285 Prickly Pear......Page 289 Prickly Poppy......Page 293 Puncture Vine......Page 297 Queen’s Root......Page 300 Red Root......Page 303 Rhatany......Page 307 Rosemary Mint......Page 310 Sage......Page 312 Self-Heal......Page 314 Shepherd’s purse......Page 316 Siberian Elm......Page 318 Silk Tassel......Page 321 Skullcap......Page 324 Snakeweed......Page 326 Sow Thistle......Page 328 Spikenard......Page 330 Sweet Clover......Page 333 Thistle......Page 336 Tickseed......Page 339 Tree of Heaven......Page 342 Violet......Page 345 Walnut......Page 348 Wild Buckwheat......Page 351 Wild Mint......Page 354 Wild Oregano......Page 356 Wild Tobacco......Page 360 Willow......Page 363 Yarrow......Page 366 Yerba Mansa......Page 369 Yerba Santa......Page 373 Yucca......Page 376 Metric Conversion......Page 380 References......Page 381 Index......Page 383 About the Author......Page 393 Wildcraft your way to wellness! In Southwest Medicinal Plants , John Slattery is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting, and using 112 of the region’s most powerful wild plants. You’ll learn how to safely and ethically forage, and how to use wild plants in herbal medicines including teas, tinctures, and salves. Plant profiles include clear, color photographs, identification tips, medicinal uses and herbal preparations, and harvesting suggestions. Lists of what to forage for each season makes the guide useful year-round. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers, naturalists, and herbalists in Arizona, southern California, southern Colorado, southern Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, western and central Texas, and southern Utah. "The Southwest is ripe with wild edibles, no matter the season. From deserts to grasslands, river canyons to forests, a rich harvest of tasty plants--many found only in this region--awaits the curious forager. In Southwest Medicinal Plants, herbalist, educator, and lecturer John Slattery shares his expert foraging knowledge, including traditional methods of gathering and processing. Savor fresh mulberries along the trail, or blend them with foraged nuts and seeds for snacking. Enjoy a simple but delicious sun tea made from desert willow flowers. Along the way, learn what to look for, when and where to look, and how to gather the abundant wild edibles of the Southwest responsibly."--Amazon.com