Herbal Emissaries: Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West - A guide to gardening, herbal, wisdom and well-being.

FOSTER, Steven, & Chongxi, Yue.

ISBN 10: 0892813490 / ISBN 13: 9780892813490

Published by Healing Arts Press, Rochester, VT, 1990

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Softcover. Octavo. xii + 356pp. Index & bibliography. Color plates. Top-edge foxed, spine slight faded, else a tight, clean VG copy. Seller Inventory # 48799

Bibliographic Details

Title: Herbal Emissaries: Bringing Chinese Herbs to...

Publisher: Healing Arts Press, Rochester, VT

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: First US Softcover Edition.

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Synopsis:

This extensive and engaging book--the first collaboration between a Chinese scientist and an American author and herbalist--blends traditional wisdom from both cultures with scientific verification of the medical effectiveness of many ancient Chinese plants, thereby deepening our knowledge of and appreciation for ornamentals whose usefulness extends far beyond their beauty.

More plants have been introduced from China to American and European gardens than from any other part of the world.
Many of the Asian species grown as ornamentals--such as daylilies, forsythia, gardenia, peonies, crape myrtle, and mums--are widely used in traditional Chinese medicine.
The authors supply specific techniques for cultivating Chinese herbs and flowers in Western gardens, as well as for using them medicinally.

From the Author:

Steven Foster is the author of Echinacea: Nature's Immune Enhancer and coauthor of the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. An expert on the source plants of traditional Chinese medicine, Prof. Yue Chongxi (C.H. Yueh) has served since 1956 as pharmacognosist with the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing.