About the BookMedicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians tops the best seller’s list. Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe, Asheville, NC, March 26, 2006 “This seminal tome is an important reference for every family and library throughout the region.” Georgia ForestWatch Newsletter, Spring 2006 “This book constitutes a giant piece of chinking in what was up to this time a gaping crack in the modern herbalism of the Southern Appalachians. A very smart, spare, comely and satisfying work.” Richo Cech, Horizon Herb, Williams, Oregon Scroll down to view more praise for
Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians by Patricia Kyritsi Howell provides detailed instructions for using 45 native medicinal plants, from Bethroot and Black Cohosh to Witch Hazel and Yellowroot. The book outlines how plants were used by American Indians, in Southern folk medicine and more importantly, how to use them today. It also describes exactly how and when to harvest wild plants, which parts of the plants to use, and includes easy to follow guidelines for making herbal medicines. This concise guide to medicinal plants of the Southern Appalachians includes: • Botanical descriptions of 45 native plants • Unique recipes for syrups, liniments, digestive bitters • Step-by-step ethical harvesting guidelines • Bloom and harvest calendars Book price: $19.95 per copy plus sales tax (GA residents) and postage and handling. ISBN 0-9774905-0-5 (274 pages) More praise for “This is one volume that I want to own as we enter the post-corporate age: a priceless guide to Southern plant alchemy. This practical yet enchanting botanical brings an ancient art to modernity. These pages are as rich as the cove forests they honor. Even to peruse Howell’s manual is healing, and exhilarating, not only because of the book’s inherent beauty, but because it contains vital knowledge all of us will need as fossil fuels dwindle and we return to the local. One day this book may save your life.” Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, Wild Card Quilt, and Pinhook: Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land “An elegant introduction presented in a clear-as-a-bell style that educates as well as entertains.” Peter Loewer, author of The Wild Gardener and Jefferson’s Garden “There are many comprehensive volumes about medicinal plants in other regions of North America but none for the botanically rich southeast. Now, a widely experienced and knowledgeable herbalist has written a thorough guide to the virtues of Yellow Root, Rabbit Tobacco, Dogwood Bark, Sweet Fern and other better known herbs of the region. From Howell’s book, readers can learn to use local plants safely and consciously to improve the health of their families or patients.” David Winston, RH (AHG), Dean, Herbal Therapeutics School of Herbal Medicine “An excellent, much needed resource on Southeastern herbs. Well thought out and easy to follow.” Tim Blakely, co-author of The Bootstrap Guide to Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field and Marketplace “I often remind veterinarians that the foundation of botanical medicine lies in the experience of learning all aspects of medicinal plants thoroughly. This book guides the reader out of the classroom and into the fields and forest where plants become, to the student, more tangible sources of healing. Recommended for any practitioner who wants to deepen their understanding of our native apothecary.” Susan Wynn, DVM, RH (AHG), Executive Director, 
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