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Alaska's Wilderness Medicines - Healthful Plants of the Far North

:

Viereck, Eleanor G.


1987

Very Useful
Book
All
Referenced by: ANKN Clearinghouse

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Theme(s): Health/Wellness, Energy/Ecology, Outdoor Survival

Excerpt:

The purpose of this book is to acquaint people with Alaskan wild plants, native and introduced, which can be used to promote health and healing, for first-aid emergency care, or to maintain wellness.

I hope the book will be useful to persons in cities, on farms, and in the wilderness, whether they are in Alaska for recreation, hunting, fishing, or work. Others, inadvertently stranded as a result of accident or disaster, may find themselves in need of help from healing plants.

More than fifty plant species are described, with information on habitat and distribution and general information on how each one can be used as medicine.

There are some additional notes on history and folklore, poisonous species that might be confused with useful ones, and my own experiences with the plants. Information about the constituents of the plants is also presented.




Information about the resource can be found at:
ANKN Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 756730
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6730

Tel: (907) 474-5897
or email: ANKN Clearinghouse

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