Northeast Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 111 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness

by Liz Neves

Overview

Wildcraft your way to wellness!
 
In Northeast Medicinal Plants, Liz Neves is your trusted guide to finding, identifying, harvesting, and using 111 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 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604699135
Publisher:	Timber Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/02/2020
Series:	Medicinal Plants Series
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	71,186
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Liz Neves is an herbalist, mama, reiki practitioner, artist, dreamer, and meditator. She is the founder of Gathering Ground, a platform for herbal education, earth-based spirituality, meditation, and energy healing. When she’s not teaching plant medicine–making workshops, Liz is wildcrafting and preparing herbal medicines for her family and community.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

How to use this book 13

Wildcrafting Basics 25

Making your own medicine 41

Working with Plant Medicine 65

Wildcrafting Season by Season 71

Wild Medicinal Plants of the Northeast 98

Agrimony 100

Alder 103

American spikenard 106

Barberry 108

Beech 111

Beggarticks 113

Birch 116

Blackberry 120

Black cherry 123

Black-eyed Susan 126

Black walnut 128

Blue flag iris 131

Blue skullcap 133

Blue vervain 135

Boneset 137

Borage 139

Bull thistle 141

Burdock 143

Catnip 146

Chickweed 148

Chicory 151

Cinquefoil 154

Cleavers 156

Coltsfoot 158

Comfrey 160

Common mallow 163

Crampbark 165

Cranberry 167

Dandelion 169

Eastern cottonwood 172

Eastern redcedar 175

Echinacea 177

Elder 180

Elecampane 183

English ivy 185

Evening primrose 187

Feverfew 189

Field garlic 191

Forsythia 193

Garlic mustard 195

German chamomile 198

Ginkgo 200

Goldenrod 203

Goutweed 206

Ground ivy 209

Hawthorn 211

Hops 214

Horsetail 217

Japanese honeysuckle 220

Japanese knotweed 222

Jewelweed 225

Larch 227

Lemon balm 229

Linden 231

Lobelia 234

Maple 236

Meadowsweet 241

Mimosa 244

Mint 247

Motherwort 249

Mugwort 251

Mulberry 254

Mullein 257

New England aster 261

Oak 263

Partridgeberry 266

Peach 268

Periwinkle 270

Pine 272

Pipsissewa 276

Plantain 278

Poke 281

Prickly ash 284

Ragweed 287

Raspberry 290

Red clover 293

Red root 295

Rose 298

Saint John's wort 302

Sassafras 305

Self-heal 308

Shepherd's purse 311

Solomon's seal 313

Spicebush 316

Spotted Joe Pye weed 318

Spruce 321

Stinging nettle 324

Sumac 328

Sunflower 331

Sweet clover 333

Sweetfern 335

Sweet flag 338

Sweetgum 341

Teasel 344

Tulip poplar 347

Valerian 350

Violet 353

White horehound 356

White water lily 358

Wild bergamot 361

Wild carrot 364

Wild geranium 367

Wild grape 370

Wild lettuce 373

Wild sarsaparilla 376

Wild strawberry 378

Willow 380

Wintergreen 383

Witch hazel 385

Yarrow 388

Yellow dock 391

Metric Conversions 395

Acknowledgments 396

Resources and References 398

Photography Credits 403

Index 404

Editorial Reviews

Both a field guide and one of the best herbalism how-to books I’ve ever read... a must for anyone interested in herbal medicine, foraging, and self-sufficiency.” —Leda Meredith, author of Northeast Foraging
 
“Rich in practical information on wildcrafting and using herbal medicine—a valuable addition to any herbal library, including my own!” —Robin Rose Bennett, author of Healing Magic and The Gift of Healing Herbs

“A comprehensive and colorful guide showcasing the healing herbs from the Northeast bioregion.” —Creations Magazine

“Every turn of the page brings new insights.” —The Patriot-News

“Accurate, easy-to-follow instruction on medicinal plant use.” —The American Herb Association Quarterly
 

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