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The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs.


The Healing Healing
See also Medicine.

Achilles’ spear

had power to heal whatever wound it made. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad]

Agamede

Augeas’ daughter; noted for skill in using herbs for healing. [Gk. Myth.
 Power Of Rainforest rainforest

Lush forest, generally composed of tall, broad-leaved trees and usually found in wet tropical regions around the Equator. Despite increased awareness of the rainforests' importance during the late 20th century, they continue to be cleared.
 Herbs

Leslie Taylor, ND

Square One Publishers

115 Herricks Road, Garden City Park, NY 11040

www.squareonepublishers.com

0747001440 $23.95

Rainforests contain hundreds of plants--over half the planet's vegetation--and for centuries tribal shamans have used these plants as health remedies. Years of research contributes to The Healing Power Of Rainforest Herbs: A Guide To Understanding And Using Herbal herbal, early botanical book containing descriptions and illustrations of herbs and plants with their properties, chiefly those qualities that made them useful as medicines or condiments. Most of the herbals were written between c.1470 and c.  Medicinals, a guide to over seventy rainforest botanicals and their uses by indigenous peoples The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition, but can be used about any ethnic group who inhabit the geographic region with which they have the earliest historical connection.  and natural health professionals alike. Chapters offer plant data summary charts, biological and clinical research, tribal uses, and plenty of technical, research-based reference material. From dosage dosage /dos·age/ (do´saj) the determination and regulation of the size, frequency, and number of doses.

dos·age
n.
1. Administration of a therapeutic agent in prescribed amounts.
 to preparation methods and chemical information for each plant, Healing Power Of Rainforest Herbs goes far beyond the 'new age healing guide' it looks to be at first glance. Very highly recommended indeed.
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