After the first full moon in April : a sourcebook of herbal medicine from a California Indian elder / Josephine Grant Peters and Beverly R. Ortiz ; including contributions from Cheryl Beck [and others] ; Karuk plant names by James A. Ferrara
Preface; Acknowledgments; Spirit People; The Peppernut; The Peppernut Story; 1. A Life Well Lived; 2. Gathering Ethics; 3. Herbal Medicines and Native Plant Foods; 4. The Plants; 5. Non-herbal Cures; Endnotes; References; Plant Index; Medical Conditions Index; Subject Index
Summary
Josephine Peters, a revered northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural knowledge on personal and tribal history, gathering ethics and preparations, then offers a catalogue of the uses and doses of over 160 plants