Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke: Its Ethnobotany as Hallucinogen, Perfume, Incense, and Medicine
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195370015 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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1400 plants to burn and produce smoke Michael Gross This is a compendium listing 1400 plant species, so it could very well be boring. However, it is dedicated to plants that have been burned to produce smoke for various purposes, and it's the rich variety of these purposes that makes this book interesting. Obviously, burning plants to do something with the smoke is an ancient and practically universal behaviour, which in our time has been funnell. Four Stars Rachael A great reference book (along with a bunch of fascinating anecdotes!). "Disappointingly technical" according to William M. This was a book that held promise of interesting history and commentary but really has lots of listings and technical factoids which aren't of much use to those who want to learn on a more holistic level. Save it for the academic micro-scholars who don't live in the real world.
University, Economic Botany. Although this book remains morally neutral on the rights and wrongs of smoking various substances, it goes some way towards countering the view that plant smoke is always a bad thing."--Green Prophet"The list of plants presented through the authors extensive literature search is a valuable entity. "A distinctive, excellent resource for a specialized topic. Readers who think that plant smoke is just for inhaling intoxicants will be surprised by the breadth of human uses of smoke derived from plants, such as seed germination, pest control, and veterinary medicine. Academic libraries supporting programs
Plant-derived smoke has had an enormous socio-economic impact throughout human history, being burned for medicinal and recreational purposes, magico-religious ceremonies, pest control, food preservation, and flavoring, perfumes, and incense.This illustrated global compendium documents and describes approximately 2,000 global uses for over 1,400 plant species. One of the earliest and often overlooked uses of plants is the production of smoke, dating to the time of early hominid species. Of particular interest will be plants such as Tobacco (Nicotiana tabaccum), Boswellia spp (frankincense), and Datura stramonium (smoked as a treatment for asthma all over the world), all of which are described in great detail.. The Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke is accessibly written and provides a wealth of information on human uses for smoke. Plants provide the food, shelter, medicines, and biomass that underli
She too has written scholarly journal articles and has presented her work at various conferences all over the world. Jefferson is a restoration ecologist. Kayri Havens is the Medard and Elizabeth Welch Director of the Division for Plant Biology and Conservation at the Chicago Botanic Garden. He has published many peer-reviewed journal articles on traditional Australian Aboriginal uses for plants, with special emphasis on those considered useful for treating heart-r