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Free Stuff for Doll Lovers on the Internet
Judy Heim , and
Gloria Hansen
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill Publications
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ASIN: 1571201084 |
Book Description
Now, collectors, crafters, and others who want to access free goodies and information related to dolls will find quick, direct leads to the Internet's infinite possibilities in this tell-all guide. Hundreds of Web sites are identified that offer free doll patterns, articles, news about museums, clubs, supplies, and much more, sparing readers hours of frustration surfing the Internet. Including teddy bears as well as dolls, the book tells where to find free stuff for sewing, knitting, and crocheting doll and bear clothes; specialty help for porcelain, clay, and Fimo; advice on display, storage, repair, and restoration; and how to donate dolls and teddy bears to those in need.
Customer Reviews:
BEST BOOK OUT THERE ON HERBS!.......2007-06-27
I am using this book as a study guide through one of my college courses on Botany. This book is loaded with so much clear cut information you couldn't ask for anything more! The detailed pictures that are shown throughout the book are absolutely beautiful. To have the visual along with the description is the best way to go. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in herbology or just has a curiousity in herbs! Planting your own garden and knowing what you are growing is very helpful.
Why would you need any other book but this one?.......2007-03-03
You wouldn't. This book is by far the best herb reference book on the market today. Everything you want to know about growing and using herbs is in this book. Well worth the money spent. You'll use this book forever.
Great book to have........2006-11-04
This book met all my needs. It covers all the different herbs and their different uses. Having just made the change to the healthier life, this book is a must have.
Herbs.......2006-03-01
I am taking a medicinal botany class and was not satisfied with the information the text book gave me and wanted to know more I saw this book and ordered it. I love it. It is a must have for someone interested in herbs even my instructor found it helpful.
Best of it's kind.......2006-01-23
I have an older edition that my sister bought for me for christmas several years back. It's one of the few books i'll have for the rest of my life because of its incredible value as a comprehensive herb and plant info resource. The edition I have has pictures, names, references in the front with longer descriptions in the back in the same style as an audubon society field guide book. It's great for picking up and reading random stuff or to lookup the medicinal uses of a specific herb. The book never ceases to amaze me. Of all the herb books i've read, this one is time and again the most useful.
Book Description
Fully updated and authoritative, this revised edition of DK's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine makes this classic, completely illustrated reference guide even bigger and better than the original. Featuring more than 550 medicinal plants and the most current scientific research, this volume provides a comprehensive guide to healing with the world's oldest form of medicine. A unique photographic index profiles over 550 plants, with detailed information on habitat and cultivation, parts used, active constituents, therapeutic properties, and traditional and current uses. A special section profiles 100 of the most common plants, featuring herbal preparations and recommendations for self-treatment. Guidelines on growing, harvesting, and storing medicinal plants also demonstrate making remedies for home use. In addition, accessible text offers fascinating insight into the chemistry of plants and their healing properties, explaining how and why they work as medicines within the body. The major herbal traditions of different cultures- Europe, India, China, Africa, Australia, and the Americas- are vividly described. A review of herbs from a historical perspective reveals the connection between medicinal herbs and cultural beliefs toward healing. Offering extensive coverage of all that herbs are- from cultural traditions to chemical components to self-treatments for common ailments-this Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine is the ultimate reference for anyone interested in exploring the healing benefits of medicinal plants.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Book!.......2007-07-14
This is an excellent book if you would like to learn more about natural remedies and how to use them to treat various ailments. The pictures and illistrations are wonderful. There is so much information packed into this book. The only draw back it that the herbs are not listed in alphabetic order (they are in order if you know the scientific name) so you have to use the index a lot, but that's not so bad. A great book to have in anyone's natural remedy library.
Beautiful as well as informative.......2007-05-14
This book is organized in an easy to use logical manor. A lot of information with beautiful illustrations for each herb are in easy to view sections and all on one page. Step by Step instructions on how to make products are easy to understand and follow. The Historical section is an added bonus. There is a number of different glossaries and indexes so things may be looked up in different ways (e.g.: by ailment or plant name)that may bit confusing until you get use to it. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book to anyone. It is a beautiful and informative addition to any library.
Lovely pics, needs more!.......2007-04-03
I like how this book has color photos of many of the herbs and that it includes instructions on how to make remedies as well. The extended list in the back had some photos, but I wish it would have had one for all of the listed herbs to make it more complete. Worth the money!
My medicinal herb bible.......2006-11-30
I have used herbal medications exclusively for about 10 years now, and I depend on this book as my herb "bible." It is always smart to double-check medicinal advice from several sources, but I have never found this book to be wrong or lacking in pertinent information. It is very well arranged, and information is cross-referenced which adds to the ease of use.
Yes it is an Encyclodedia........2006-08-05
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The Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Andrew Chevallier, FNIMH
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, Limited
I first decided to buy the book in hopes that it would be a good, up to the minute, desk reference on Medicinal Herbs. It turned out to be a little more of a text book to study by and what some book publishers call a coffee table book. A coffee table book is a book as large as a magazine, hardbound and full of color pictures, which would be entertaining even to people not interested in the subject yet. It is a good study help because of the sections in the back on how to use and administer herbs.
The first section tells about how medicinal herbs work by affecting different systems of the body with a number of chemicals working together to effect change. The book does divide the body's system up a little differently than the Heart of Herbs Course, Making it a little confusing for those of us trying to study both texts at the same time. The authors system is:
The Skin, using herbs that are Antiseptic, Astringent and depurative.
Immune System, using herbs that are Immune stimulants
Respiratory System, using herbs that are Antiseptic, antibiotic, Expectorant,
Demulcent, and spasmolytics
Endocrine Glands using herbs that are adaptogens, hormonally active, and
Emmenagogues
Urinary System, using herbs that are antiseptic, astringent and diuretic.
Musculoskeletal System using herbs that are analgesic, Anti-inflammatory, and
Antispasmotic.
Nervous System using herbs that are nerviness, relaxants, stimulants and tonics.
Circulation and heart using herbs that are cardiotonics, circulatory stimulants,
Diaphoretics, and spasmolytics.
And the Digestive Organs using antiseptics, astringents, cholagogues, choleretics
Demulcents, hepatics, laxatives and stomachics.
Having all of the systems spread out with the medicinal actions associated with each one helps me to understand the medicinal action a little better.
The next section explains active constituents. I never noticed it before but these active ingredients are arranged in ten basic classes: Phenols, Volatile Oils, Flavonoids, Tannins, Proanthocyanins, Coumarins, Saponins, Anthraquinones, Cardiac Glycosides, Cyanogenic Glycosides, Polysaccharides, Glucosilinates, Bitters, Alkaloids, Vitamins and minerals. The last two, most of us all ready understand.
After a short discussion on quality control of herbs, there is a long history of Herbalism. People have been using herbs at least since 3000 BC, in Egypt, the Middle East, India and China. In the early times, Herbalism was connected to spiritualism, but it began to break away about 500BC. Hippocrates (460-377 BC) believed that an illness was a natural rather than a supernatural occurrence. Herbalism was well founded by trade between Europe and Asia through India and the Middle East from 300 to 600 BC. In Europe up through the so-called dark ages, people seemed to have a very good understanding of Herbalism. On the other side of the world an Herbalism tradition developed in the Maya, Aztec and Inca Civilizations unbeknownst to the Europeans.
Between 1000 and 1400 AD, Universities, Hospitals and Medical schools were established which used Herbalism and in that time period Herbal medicine was the only medicine. International trade during the middle ages contributed to the development of herbal tradition, by making formerly exotic herbs available everywhere. Following the discovery of digitalis in the herb foxglove by Dr. William Withering, in 1795, techniques were developed to extract the chemicals out of herbs in order to use the basic medicines and gain better control over quality.
From the early 19th century, laboratory produced medicines began to supplant mother nature as a source of medications. In 1803, narcotic alkaloids were extracted from opium poppies and a year later insulin was extracted form Elecampane, and in 1838 salicylic acid (Aspirine) was extracted from willow bark. From 1850 to 1900, conventional medicine established it's own monopoly by trying to outlaw the use of medicines by any one not trained in a medical school.
As late as 1930, 90% of the medicines sold in drug stores, were of herbal origin, but in the last 50 years synthetic chemicals have taken over the medical industry. Now the tide is beginning to turn back toward Herbalism, due in part to bad mistakes and bad experiences in the use of chemicals such as thalidomide and in the poor state of health in Western Societies.
The next section of the book deals with the various herbal traditions, which have developed in such places as Europe, India, China, Africa, Australia, North America, and South America. Each location developed a slightly different tradition based on local tradition, religion and plants, as a combination of what was locally grown and what was brought in from other parts of the world.
The center section of the book is what I really wanted. It is divided into two parts, the first is a Materia Medica of the 100 most used herbs in detail with full color pictures of the herbs and the preparations. The habitat, constituents, actions, traditional and current uses are covered for each herb. The next section has another 450 herbs in it that are less commonly used or used only in a few places. The same type of information is included but not in such great detail as in the previous section. The only drawback to the Materia Medica sections is that the herbs are in alphabetical order but only by their Latin names.
The first herb is `Yarrow', because the Latin name for the plant is: Achillea millefolium and that is first in the alphabet. That would decrease the value of the book as a reference tool except that there is a General Index beginning on page 323 that lists all of the herbs in the book by their common names, even for the herb that have more than one common name. When I looked up Yarrow, it gave me page 56, in bold type, and that is where the material medica for Achillea millefolium is located.
I don't usually read an index to a book unless I am using it as a reference, but in this book, I noticed that behind the General Index is an Index of Herbs by Ailment. In this index, one can look up an ailment like Blood Pressure, High and be directed to: Blackcurrant 261, Buckwheat 301, eggplant 270, Garlic 301, 319, Ginger 301, Ginkgo 102, Hawthorn 90, Indian Snake root 260, mistletoe 283, olive 240. That index may be worth the $25.00 that the book costs to someone who is practicing as an herbalist trying to choose an herb to recommend for a particular ailment, especially if one herb does not help and a new one must be chosen.
In between the herb (material medica) sections and the index, there is a section giving the procedures for making infusions, decoctions, Tinctures (they make no difference between Tinctures and Extracts), ointments, creams and poultices. The procedures are very well illustrated as is the rest of the book, but the only thing new that they add is the use of a wine press to separate the oil or alcohol from the herbs after the infusion or extraction process. The last section before the index is an abbreviated guide of health problems and the herbal remedies that can be used to treat each group of problems.
I would recommend this book to just about any one but a very experienced herbalist. It is entertaining, easy to understand, and very informative.
Customer Reviews:
Useful.......2007-09-15
I love this book! Extremely informative. All kinds of information that isn't found on the Internet. It helps my knowledge and growing skills, and my plants are happier because of it! A real find.
Michelle Preston
"DIRTY KNEEZ NURSERY"
(228)861-6862
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A great resource for anyone interested in herbs.......2001-08-20
This book is a definite must have for anyone interested in herbs. "Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses" contains color photos of all entries (or at least all of the ones I have looked up so far), and also lists the different uses of each herb. I thought the layout of the book was very well planned, and I found that the book, in general, was very easy to use. This book meets my needs perfectly.
Smell The Other Plants Too.......2000-05-14
Best reference book I've ever read. Use this book whenever I see a plant I like and can't identify. Excellent pictorial and historical details. Wonderful tips for gardeners, herbalists and people who just love looking at plants.
A Best Book.......1999-05-04
If you have an interest in herbs this book is a must-have. It lists even the most obsure plants and gives each a very informative overview that includes both the historical and modern uses. -Linda Fry Kenzle, author of Gathering
Decent listing of latin names and growing periods...but..........1999-02-25
When it comes to the uses of herbs it gives a brief overview of what one could possibly do with the herb without giving measurements or instructions for preparation. Some of the herbs listed could be lethal in large doses, which is the only reason this concerned me. It does, however, have an exhaustive list of common garden plants, their latin names, and information related to their growing and the zones they would grow best in. I turn to it frequently for growing information and as a starter on my research for further medicinal properties or preparation.
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RHS Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses (Rhs)
Deni Bown
Manufacturer: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
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ASIN: 1405300590 |
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs: Their Medicinal and Culinary Uses
Jim Stodola , and
Jan Volak
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ASIN: 1851521356 |
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The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses (RHS)
Deni Bown
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Leigh Weimers' Guide to Silicon Valley: An Insider's Tip for Techies and Tourists
Leigh Weimers
Manufacturer: Western Tanager
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ASIN: 0934136521 |
Customer Reviews:
Good but dated.......2000-03-28
Only a book about a place like Silicon Valley could be deemed as dated after 7 years.Lets face it, the place is hardly a tourist attraction ,(unless you think that taking photos of the apple building qualifies as a holiday).Most peaple on holiday in the area are there to drop off CVs. however this book does capture some of the areas more "rustic" charm (before working was considered a "sport" there).I cant help but feel that the silicon valley Leigh wrote about doesnt exist anymore.For a true picture of the modern Silicon Valley try Po Bronsons "The nudist on the late shift"
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