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Informationen zum Autor Tom Brown , Jr. began to learn hunting and tracking at the age of eight under the tutelage of an Apache elder, medicine man, and scout in Toms River, New Jersey, and is the author of 16 books on nature. He was the technical advisor on The Hunted , a major motion picture starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro. In 1978, Tom founded the Tracker School in the New Jersey Pine Barrens where he offers more than 25 classes about wilderness survival and environmental protection. Klappentext For untold thousands of years, human beings have thrived on the nutritional and medicinal wealth of the plant life in the natural world. In these fascinating, wide-ranging, wonderfully informative stories, Tom Brown-director of the world-famous Tracking, Nature, and Wilderness Survival School-tells all about the uncommon benefits of the common trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants we find all around us. This indispensible guide includes information on: • How to use every part of the plant-leaves, flowers, bark, bulbs, and roots • Where to find useful plants, and the best time of the year and stages of growth to harvest them • How to prepare delicious food dishes, soups, breads and teas from the riches of the great outdoors • An incredible range of experience-proven medicinal uses to treat headaches, burns, digestive disorders, skin problems, and a host of other maladies TOM BROWN'S FIELD GUIDES: America's most popular nature reference books, Tom Brown's bestselling field guides are specially designed for both beginners and experienced explorers. Fully illustrated and comprehensive, each volume includes practical information, time-tested nature skills, and exciting new ways to rediscover the earth around us. Zusammenfassung For untold thousands of years! human beings have thrived on the nutritional and medicinal wealth of the plant life in the natural world. In these fascinating! wide-ranging! wonderfully informative stories! Tom Brown—director of the world-famous Tracking! Nature! and Wilderness Survival School—tells all about the uncommon benefits of the common trees! shrubs! flowers! and other plants we find all around us. This indispensible guide includes information on: • How to use every part of the plant—leaves! flowers! bark! bulbs! and roots • Where to find useful plants! and the best time of the year and stages of growth to harvest them • How to prepare delicious food dishes! soups! breads and teas from the riches of the great outdoors • An incredible range of experience-proven medicinal uses to treat headaches! burns! digestive disorders! skin problems! and a host of other maladies TOM BROWN'S FIELD GUIDES: America's most popular nature reference books! Tom Brown's bestselling field guides are specially designed for both beginners and experienced explorers. Fully illustrated and comprehensive! each volume includes practical information! time-tested nature skills! and exciting new ways to rediscover the earth around us. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One The Gardener Attitude Communication with Nature The Sacred Approach Toward a Deeper Communication Getting in Touch with Instict Asking and Utilizing the Inner Voice Physical Techniques and the Differences of Plants Collection, Preparation, and Storage Herbology and the Herbalist Going Forward Caution Conservation Science and the Mythical World of Plants The Power of Plants Healing How to Use this Book Part Two Amaranth Angelica Birch(Black and White) Black Alder Boneset Bulrush Bunchberry Burdock Catnip Cattail Chicory Chickwood Coltsfoot Comsfrey Dandelion Elderberry Evening PrimroseGreenbrier Hemlock Tree Jewelweed Milkweed Mint Mulberry Mullein Mustard (Black) Nettle (Stinging) New Je...
