INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 1: HISTORY OF HERBALISM ..................................................................................... 8
HOW TO INCORPORATE NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICINE IN OUR MODERN LIVES ..................................... 13
CHAPTER 2: BENEFITS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN HERBALISM .................................................. 15
CHAPTER 3: NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE............................................................................. 19
KNOWING IF NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICINE CAN HELP.................................................................... 20
CHAPTER 4: USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT HERBALISM ...................................................... 23
CHAPTER 5: NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITION ......................................................................... 28
SPIRITUALITY AND CONNECTION ............................................................................................... 29
HEALERS ............................................................................................................................ 30
HEALING RITUALS AND CEREMONIES ......................................................................................... 31
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS BANNING ................................................................................................... 32
CHAPTER 6: BONUS: WHERE TO FIND EDIBLE HERBS AND PLANTS ........................................ 34
BASIC RULES OF FORAGING ..................................................................................................... 36
QUICK-START GUIDE TO FORAGING ........................................................................................... 36
SAFETY RULES FOR FORAGING .................................................................................................. 37
ETIQUETTE AND COMMON SENSE RULES FOR FORAGING ................................................................. 38
CHAPTER 7: BONUS: 10 UNMISTAKABLE WILD MEDICINAL HERBS ........................................ 40
DANDELION - TARAXACUM ..................................................................................................... 41
MULLEIN-VERBASCUM THAPSUS .............................................................................................. 42
BROAD LEAF PLANTAIN-PLANTAGO MAJOR................................................................................. 43
RASPBERRY LEAF-RUBUS IDAEUS .............................................................................................. 44
RED CLOVER-TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE ........................................................................................... 45
SAINT JOHN'S WORT-HYPERICUM PERFORATUM .......................................................................... 46
SHEEP SORREL-RUMEX ACETOSELLA .......................................................................................... 47
WILD CHAMOMILE-MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA ............................................................................ 48
WILD ROSE-ROSA RUGOSA ..................................................................................................... 49
YELLOW DOCK-RUMEX CRISPUS ............................................................................................... 50