GUIDE TO INDIAN HERBS

Each plant is identified by locale, sketch and photograph, and the uses to which each was put are briefly described. Tonics, inhalants, poultices, laxatives, diuretics, sedatives - there was a plant for every need. Some of these tribal remedies passed - often in more sophisticated form - into the repertoire of the medical profession; many others have a secure place in the annals of folk medicine. Dr. Stark is a Doctor of Naturopathy, whose expertise and relaxed style add immeasurably to the book