{"product_id":"2940013275775","title":"EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANT HANDBOOKS TWO BOOKS IN ONE","description":"It doesn't take a genius to understand the one most important aspect of surviving.  It's having access to drinkable water!  Without water a person can't live more than three days.\u003cbr\u003e The second most important thing is food!  Men have been known to live more than a month without food.  But there's absolutely no need for any person to be deprived of something to eat.  Nature is and always has been a good and reliable provider.  Everyone should know how to properly use her.  Learn to live off the land.  It really isn't that difficult.  Medicinal and Edible Plant Handbooks tells you all you need to know.\u003cbr\u003e           Various authorities estimate there are approximately 300,000 plants (those that have been classified) on the surface of the earth.  Of these, 120,000 varieties have been determined to be edible.  \u003cbr\u003e           A person should know what edible plants to look for when in the wilderness.  He or she should also be able to properly identify these plants and to properly prepare them for eating.\u003cbr\u003e           Such an individual will undoubtedly find enough plant food out there to keep alive over an extended period of time.  And he or she may even surprise themselves with a delicious meal.\u003cbr\u003e  Ferns are abundant in moist areas of all climates. They are especially easy to find. Look in gullies, on stream banks, in forested areas, along the sides of hiking trails and on the edge of woods.\u003cbr\u003e Ferns, by and large, are a safe plant to cook and eat. Some are distastefully bitter and certainly not palatable. Yet, no fern is known to be poisonous.\u003cbr\u003eThe inner bark of some trees — the layer next to the wood -- can be eaten raw or cooked. Avoid the outer bark. It contains large amounts of tannin and is extremely bitter.\u003cbr\u003eFlour can be made by pulverizing the inner bark of a number of trees – aspen, birch, cottonwood, pine, slippery elm and willow.\u003cbr\u003eOne outstanding example of a tree food source is the pine.\u003cbr\u003eThe inner bark is high in vitamin C. The nuts, needles, twigs and sap are all edible. The nuts (eaten raw or roasted) grow in woody cones hanging near the tips of the branches. When mature, they fall out of the ripe cone. \u003cbr\u003e         MUSHROOM MISCONCEPTIONS\u003cbr\u003e   There are many misconceptions about mushrooms and their imagined food value. \u003cbr\u003e   In reality, they offer absolutely nothing in the way of nutrition. \u003cbr\u003e   And they’re terribly difficult to digest. \u003cbr\u003e   It’s hardly worth the effort required to bend over and pick one up! \u003cbr\u003e   It’s certainly ridiculous to waste time and energy hunting for, cooking and eating mushrooms.\u003cbr\u003e   A WARNING FROM THE MILITARY\u003cbr\u003eOn the other hand, the U.S. military takes another approach to the identifying, collecting and eating of mushrooms. \u003cbr\u003eThe official Army survival manual  FM 21-76 gives this warning: “Do not eat mushrooms in a survival situation! The only way to tell if a mushroom is edible is by positive identification. There is no room for experimentation. Symptoms of the most dangerous mushrooms affecting the central nervous system may show up after several days have passed when it is too late to reverse their effects.”\u003cbr\u003eNeed more be said?\u003cbr\u003eMore than 2,000 years ago, Cleopatra used freshly cut aloe vera leaves as a soothing burn ointment.  \u003cbr\u003e     People of that period in history also commonly sipped tea brewed with white willow bark to relieve the pain of gout.\u003cbr\u003e     Why did it work?  \u003cbr\u003e     Because we now know that white willow bark contains a natural form of aspirin!\u003cbr\u003e Modern medicine borrows heavily from plants in the never ending quest for improved remedies.  \u003cbr\u003e     Of all the prescription drugs sold in the United States, an astounding one-third are derived from plants.\u003cbr\u003e Approximately 80 percent of the world's people rely on folk medicine for treatment of their illnesses.  \u003cbr\u003e     People in developing areas of the world depend wholly upon the sometimes strange practices of a local healer, medicine man or witch doctor.  \u003cbr\u003e     Many of their unique plant concoctions are as effective as modern medications in the civilized world.\u003cbr\u003e American Indians, by necessity, developed a vast expertise in plant medicines.  \u003cbr\u003e     And early settlers from England and Western Europe brought to the New World their knowledge of medical treatment with plants.  \u003cbr\u003e     Herbal home remedies were handed down in those families over many generations.\u003cbr\u003e In Colonial days, no drugstores could be found on street corners and few, if any, trained doctors.  \u003cbr\u003e     People were forced to rely on homemade medicines.  \u003cbr\u003e     It goes without saying that the greatest pharmacy in the world is found in plants scattered throughout the countryside. \u003cbr\u003e     When properly used, these plants have incredibly effective medicinal properties.  \u003cbr\u003e     Plants can and should be utilized when faced with an emergency medical situation or where survival may be in question.","brand":"Freedom \u0026 Liberty Foundation Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073609056496,"sku":"2940013275775","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013275775_p0.jpg?v=1763579101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013275775","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}