Native American Medicinal Plants: An Ethnobotanical Dictionary plays challenging picture of an important

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Native American Medicinal Plants: An Ethnobotanical Dictionary plays challenging picture of an importantIn Native American Medicinal Plants, anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman describes the medicinal use of more than 2700 plants by 218 Native American tribes. Information adapted from the same research used to create the monumental Native American Ethnobotany includes 82 categories of medicinal uses, ranging from analgesics, contraceptives, gastrointestinal aids, hypotensive medicines, sedatives, and toothache remedies. Native American Medicinal Plants