Books

 

1. The Green Pharmacy* by James A. Duke, Ph.D.  St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1997. ISBN 0-312-96648-2. St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010. 617 pp. $6.99.

 

2. The Modern Herbal* by Mary Grieve, is a wonderful classic.  Gives a chemical analysis of all the plants.

 

3. A Barefoot Doctor's Manual

Publisher:  Omnigraphics, Incorporated,    Publ. Date:  Aug. 1994 Contributor:  O'Connor Price:  45.00

 

PLANTS FOR A FUTURE http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html A resource and information centre of over 7000 edible and other useful plants and trees.

 

 

For relieve pain and fever -  salicylic acid

 

willow bark 

plant Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

leaf buds and bark of many Poplars (Populus) and some of the alders (Alnus rubra/rugosa/tenuifolia) contain salicin, a glycoside that probably decomposes into salicylic acid (aspirin) in the body

leaves of Jessamine  (Jasminum officinale)

 

Antibiotic - garlic