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An illustrated and comprehensive guide to herbalism, this book traces the histories of medicinal plants in different cultures, with special emphasis on their collection, cultivation, uses, symbolism and the roles they play in a vast spectrum of traditions and beliefs.
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9781844830060 | New edition (Duncan Baird Pub, March 11, 2004), cover price $17.50 | About this edition: An illustrated and comprehensive guide to herbalism, this book traces the histories of medicinal plants in different cultures, with special emphasis on their collection, cultivation, uses, symbolism and the roles they play in a vast spectrum of traditions and beliefs.
A guide to natural healing emphasizes the importance of herbal remedies, exploring the symbolic and cultural significance of herbs while illuminating the role of these plants in the traditions, folklore, and medicine of a wide variety of cultures. Original.
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9780007692552 | Thorsons Pub, February 1, 2004, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Emphasizes the importance of herbal remedies, exploring the symbolic and cultural significance of herbs while discussing the role of these plants in the traditions, folklore, and medicine of a wide variety of cultures.
Product Description: The Mixe of Oaxaca was the first extensive ethnography of the Mixe, with a special focus on Mixe religious beliefs and rituals and the curing practices associated with them. It records the procedures, design-plan, corresponding prayers, and symbolic context of well over one hundred rituals...read more
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9780292765177 | Univ of Texas Pr, August 1, 1992, cover price $37.50 | About this edition: The Mixe of Oaxaca was the first extensive ethnography of the Mixe, with a special focus on Mixe religious beliefs and rituals and the curing practices associated with them.
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9780292747050 | Univ of Texas Pr, October 1, 1998, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The Mixe of Oaxaca was the first extensive ethnography of the Mixe, with a special focus on Mixe religious beliefs and rituals and the curing practices associated with them.
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9781900131049 | Duncan Baird Pub, June 1, 1996, cover price $27.50
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9780316527507 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An introduction to the practical healing uses of medicinal plants in different cultures considers their cultivation, functions, and symbolism with discussions about Chinese medicine, aromatherapy, and more
Product Description: This companion volume to Siri von Reis's previous exploration of ethnobotanical notes in the Harvard herbaria brings to light a new array of plants with drug or food potential, offering wide-ranging possible applications for pharmacologists, chemists, botanists, and even anthropologists...read more
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9780674617650 | Harvard Univ Pr, December 20, 1982, cover price $79.00 | About this edition: This companion volume to Siri von Reis's previous exploration of ethnobotanical notes in the Harvard herbaria brings to light a new array of plants with drug or food potential, offering wide-ranging possible applications for pharmacologists, chemists, botanists, and even anthropologists.
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