Plants of the Cherokee - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plants of the Cherokee write by William H. Banks. This book was released on 2004. Plants of the Cherokee available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This extraordinary book is based on research conducted by William Banks on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in the 1950s. It describes traditional Cherokee uses for more than 300 plants -- medicinals, edibles, natural dyes, and more. Banks documented herbal treatments for a huge range of ailments, everything from coughs and colds to rheumatism, diabetes, and cancer, back when some Cherokee elders still practiced the old ways. Published by Great Smoky Mountains Association, it includes wonderful botanical illustrations.
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cherokee Plants and Their Uses write by Paul B. Hamel. This book was released on 1975. Cherokee Plants and Their Uses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book focuses on plants used by the Cherokee people through out history for various purposes.
The Cherokee Herbal
The Cherokee Herbal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cherokee Herbal write by J. T. Garrett. This book was released on 2003-02-27. The Cherokee Herbal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A practical guide to the medicinal uses of over 450 plants and herbs as applied in the traditional practices of the Cherokee. • Details the uses of over 450 plants for the treatment of over 120 ailments. • Written by the coauthor of Medicine of the Cherokee (40,000 copies sold). • Explains the healing elements of the Four Directions and the plants associated with them. • Includes traditional teaching tales as told to the author by Cherokee Elders. In this rare collection of the acquired herbal knowledge of Cherokee Elders, author J. T. Garrett presents the healing properties and medicinal applications of over 450 North American plants. Readers will learn how Native American healers utilize the gifts of nature for ceremonial purposes and to treat over 120 ailments, from the common cold to a bruised heart. The book presents the medicine of the Four Directions and the plants with which each direction is associated. From the East comes the knowledge of "heart medicine"--blood-building tonics and plants for vitality and detoxification. The medicine of the South focuses on the innocence of life and the energy of youthfulness. West medicine treats the internal aspects of the physical body to encourage strength and endurance, while North medicine offers a sense of freedom and connection to the stars and the greater Universal Circle. This resource also includes traditional teaching tales to offer insights from Cherokee cosmology into the origin of illness, how the animals found their medicine, and the naming of the plants.
Ethnobotany of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Ethnobotany of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethnobotany of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians write by Karen C. Hall. This book was released on 2010. Ethnobotany of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Native Plants, Native Healing
Native Plants, Native Healing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Native Plants, Native Healing write by Tis Mal Crow. This book was released on 2001-01-01. Native Plants, Native Healing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a must for beginners and serious students of herbs and of Native American ways. This set of herbal teachings, which draws strongly from the Muscogee tradition, presents an understanding of the healing nature of plants for the first time in book form. In a time of expanding awareness of the potential of herbs, this work shines and beckons. Tis Mal examines common wild plants and in a clear and authoritative style explains how to identify, honor, select, and prepare them for use. Illustrated and indexed by plant name and medical topic.
