Invasive Plant Medicine: The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives
by Scott, Timothy LeeEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-08-01
Publisher(s): INNER TRADITIONS INTERNATIONAL
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Summary
Timothy Scott shows how invasive plants--mostly originating in Asia where they are used in traditional healing--perform an essential ecological function and are far less a threat to the environment than the cocktails of toxic pesticides used to control them.
Author Biography
Timothy Lee Scott is an acupuncturist and herbalist with a master’s degree in traditional Chinese medicine. He runs a private practice in Vermont and gives workshops on Chinese herbalism, native medicinal plant cultivation, and the benefits of invasive plants.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introducing the Weed | p. 1 |
| Waging War on Plants | |
| The Politics of Prolific Plants | p. 9 |
| The Science of Invasions | p. 17 |
| Naturally Native: Plants on the Move | p. 29 |
| The Nature of Harm, the Harm to Nature | p. 52 |
| Invasive Herbicidal Impacts | p. 67 |
| The Economics of Weeds | p. 75 |
| The Intelligence of Plants | |
| The Deep Ecology of Invasives | p. 92 |
| The Chemistry of Plant Medicine | p. 116 |
| Using Invasive Plants to Treat Invasive Diseases | p. 130 |
| Guide to Invasive Plants: Medicine and Ecological Roles | |
| Artemisia (Artemisia absinthium var. annua) | p. 178 |
| Barberry (Berberis vulgaris var. thunbergii) | p. 185 |
| Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) | p. 191 |
| Blackberry (Rubus spp.) | p. 196 |
| Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) | p. 201 |
| English Ivy (Hedera helix) | p. 208 |
| Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) | p. 213 |
| Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) | p. 217 |
| Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) | p. 222 |
| Knapweed or Star Thistle (Centaurea spp.) | p. 230 |
| Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) | p. 237 |
| Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) | p. 243 |
| Plantain (Plantago spp.) | p. 248 |
| Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) | p. 255 |
| Reed (Phragmites australis) | p. 261 |
| Russian/Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus spp.) | p. 268 |
| Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) | p. 273 |
| Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila) | p. 278 |
| Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) | p. 284 |
| Thistle (Cirsium spp.) | p. 289 |
| Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) | p. 295 |
| White Mulberry (Morus alba) | p. 302 |
| Wild Mustard (Brassica rapa var. nigra) | p. 308 |
| Wild Rose (Rosa spp.) | p. 314 |
| Epilogue | p. 319 |
| Notes | p. 321 |
| Bibliography | p. 332 |
| Index | p. 341 |
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