12 books found
by Alfred Louis Kroeber, Anna Hadwick Gayton, Isabel Truesdell Kelly, Pliny Earle Goddard
1930
by Francis Michael Kelly, Randolph Schwabe
1929 · New York : C. Scribner's sons ; London : B. T. Batsford Limited
Kindscher documents the medicinal use of 203 native prairie plants by the Plains Indians. He also adds information on recent pharmacological findings to further illuminate the medicinal nature of these plants. He uses Indian, common, and scientific names and describes Anglo folk uses, medicinal uses, scientific research, and cultivation.