Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts |  Be careful when harvesting this plant from the wild, as its native habitat is often also habitat for diamondback rattlesnakes.
SCHIZANDRA
Botanical Name
Scbisandra chinensis (syn. Kadsura chinensis), S. spbenantbera
Family
Schisandraceae (Magnolia Vine Family) Etymology
The genus name, Scbisandra, derives from the Greek schisis, "crevice," and andros, "man," in reference to the cleft on the stamen of some varieties. | | Peyote flowers sporadically and requires hot, humid conditions to germinate, one reason why it is rare in its natural habitat. Cultivated plants can mature in six to ten years, as opposed to wild ones, which can take as much as thirty.
Peyote is in danger of becoming extinct in the wild. Loss of habitat and overharvesting have decimated its valuable population. Please use it with care.
PINE
Botanical Name
Pinus spp., including P. contorta (lodgepole pine), P. nigra, P. pinaster, P. pinea, P. strobus (white pine), P. sylvestris (Scotch pine), P. |
Michael Pollan
See book keywords and concepts |  This development proved much to the advantage of both the milk drinkers and the cows, whose numbers and habitat (and health) greatly improved as a result of this new symbiotic relationship.
Health is, among other things, the product of being in these sorts of relationships in a food chain—a great many such relationships in the case of an omnivorous creature like man. It follows that when the health of one part of the food chain is disturbed, it can affect all the other creatures in it. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Description: This section provides a detailed botanical overview of the herb, including information on its medicinal parts; flower and fruit; leaves, stem and root; unique characteristics, habitat, production, related plants, and additional common names and synonyms.
¦ Actions and Pharmacology: Here you'll find data on the active compounds or heterogeneous mixtures found in the plant, followed by a summary of the herb's clinical effects. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts | | Description: This section provides a botanical overview of the herb, including information on its medicinal parts; flower and fruit; leaves, stem, and root; unique characteristics, habitat, production, related plants, and additional common names and synonyms.
¦ Actions and Pharmacology: Here you'll find data on the active compounds or heterogeneous mixtures found in the plant, followed by a summary of the herb's clinical effects. If various parts of the plant possess different pharmacological activity, the parts are discussed individually. | | Characteristics: The bulb tastes bitter; slimy. Habitat: India and Sri Lanka
Production: Indian squill is the dried and cut bulb of Urginea indica freed from the outer layers shortly after harvesting. The bulbs are dug up, cleaned and cut into quarters. Then the core is removed and the remaining pieces are dried in the sun or over a fire until the weight is reduced by 80%.
Not to be Confused With: Because of the similarity in name, it can be confused with Scilla indica.
Other Names: South Indian Squill actions and pharmacology
COMPOUNDS
Cardioactive steroid glycosides (bufadienolids, 0. | | Characteristics: The fruit is edible. Habitat: Japan, China, Korea
Production: Chocolate vine is the dried stem of Akebia quinata.
Other Names: Five-Leaflet Akebia, Mu Tong actions and pharmacology
COMPOUNDS
Triterpene saponins: akebosides, aglycones oleanolic acid and hederagenin
Steroids: sterols, including beta-sitosterol, beta-sitosterol glucoside, betulin
Monosaccharides/oligosaccharides: saccharose Cyclitols: meso-inositol
EFFECTS
Animal experiments have demonstrated an antiedemic effect attributed to the saponin mixture contained in the drug. | | Characteristics: The plant is poisonous. Habitat: The plant grows in Europe.
Production: Clematis herb is the whole fresh flowering plant of Clematis recta. The herb is gathered when the plant is in full flower. It is turned regularly while being dried in the shade.
Storage: The herb should be stored in tightly sealed containers. |
Mark Lynas
See book keywords and concepts |  Chalk grasslands, for example, will not have much success moving north if the soils in cooler climes are all underlain by clay or granite. habitat fragmentation is another problem: cities, agricultural monocrop 'deserts' and major roads all present insurmountable barriers to species migration. In southern England, the timid dormouse will not cross open fields, let alone scurry through the busy streets of Birmingham on its supposed journey north. | | Due to combined human pressures from habitat loss, hunting, pollution, resource use and the introduction of invasive species into new areas, natural species are already becoming extinct at a rate 100-1,000 times greater than the normal background rate of loss over evolutionary time. The most comprehensive-ever survey of the planet's health, the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, brought together 1,360 experts from 95 countries, who concluded that a full two-thirds of the ecosystems humans depend on are currently being degraded or used unsustainably. | | Several bird species, like the emperor goose, are projected to lose more than half of their habitat. Freshwater fish species like Arctic char, grayling and northern pike will also suffer a decline because of warmer waters. Although warm-loving species will benefit and move north, cold-adapted Arctic animals and plants will find their survival threatened, and extinction will loom.
The landscape itself will change. | | A similar modelling study by David Hilbert of the CSIRO Tropical Forest Research Centre concluded that one degree of warming would reduce the area of highland rainforest by half, wiping out the habitat of many of the rare animal species mentioned above. Rainforests as a whole won't disappear from Queensland as long as the region receives high rainfall, but without these precious throwbacks to an ancient supercontinent, today's world will be immeasurably poorer. | | Pushed out to the margins and isolated in smaller and smaller pockets of natural habitat by ever-expanding zones of human influence, vulnerable wild species will find it impossible to adapt to rapidly changing temperatures by migrating or altering their behaviour.
Whilst coral reefs have a vital role in protecting coastlines from storms and nurturing fisheries, no one can reasonably claim that pikas, proteas and harlequin frogs are essential for global economic prosperity. Their value is intrinsic, not financial. But the world will still be a much poorer place once they're gone. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Habitat: Europe.
Production: Arrach is the complete flowering plant of Chenopodium vulvaria.
Other Names: Stinking Arrach, Stinking Goosefoot, Dog's Arrach, Goat's Arrach, Goosefoot, Stinking Motherwort, Netchweed, Oraches
ACTION AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Mono, di- and trimethylamine
Betaine
Tannins
EFFECTS
No information available.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Internally and externally to relieve cramps and as an emmenagogue.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  In its native habitat, it's sold as a street food in South America, with a squeeze of lime and a bit of fiery chili powder. It's a white-fleshed tuber that can weigh anywhere from half a pound to more than five pounds. Some people have characterized it as a cross between an apple and a potato. It looks like a turnip, has a thin brown skin that you can peel, and its taste is something like an apple but not quite. By itself, it's actually a bit bland, but that allows it to be used in a zillion ways, since it takes on the flavor of whatever you dip it in or cook it with. |
Mark Lynas
See book keywords and concepts | | Acidic oceans
Greenhouse gases released over the last hundred years or so have not only changed the climate; they have also begun to alter conditions in the largest planetary habitat of all - the oceans. At least half the carbon dioxide released every time you or I jump on a plane or turn up the air-conditioning ends up in the oceans. This may seem like a good place for nature to dump it, but ocean chemistry is a complex and delicate thing. The oceans are naturally slightly alkali, allowing many animals and plants which inhabit the seas to build calcium carbonate shells. |
Michael Pollan
See book keywords and concepts | | This was a happy development for the plants, of course, because it made humans utterly dependent upon them for an essential nutrient—which is why humans have been doing so much for the vitamin C producers ever since, spreading their genes and expanding their habitat. We sometimes think of sweetness as the linchpin of the reciprocal relationship between plants and people, but antioxidants like vitamin C play an equally important, if less perceptible, part. |
Marshall Editions
See book keywords and concepts |  Goldenseal is still a threatened plant in its natural habitat due to over harvesting, so any goldenseal product purchased should be from companies that cultivate it or obtain it from growers.
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DIVERTICULITIS
DIAGNOSIS
Diverticulae are small balloon-like pouches that form in the wall of the large intestine, probably as a result of spasms in the muscle. They rarely occur in those under the age of 40, but become more common as people get older. | | Berberine is found in goldenseal q root, but due to the threatened status of goldenseal in its natural habitat, this is not an ideal o source for this compound unless the manufacturer is using cultivated goldenseal. A good _q alternative source of berberine is Oregon grape root, which can be taken in tincture form. o
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Antispasmodic herbs: Chamomile and crampbark can help to ease the acute symptoms o of food poisoning, such as diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and nausea. | | Goldenseal is still a threatened plant in its natural habitat due to overdnarvesting, so any goldenseal product purchased should be from companies that cultivate it or obtain it from growers.
Barberry: The root bark of barberry contains the alkaloid berberine, which research shows to have antimicrobial effects against some of the common bacteria that may cause gastric flu. Barberry can be ingested as liquid extracts, tinctures, or decoctions of the root to help combat the infection. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  In the case of the Amazon rainforest, it means there's less land available to support natural rain forest habitat, which is, of course, important for the oxygen production of the entire planet. So, in a very understandable way, the mass consumption of red meat around this planet actually affects the climate of the planet. Global climate change is one side effects of massive meat consumption.
If we were to switch over to a system of generating artificial meat, then the climate effect of this meat production would be drastically reduced. |
David R. Montgomery
See book keywords and concepts |  As people settled their habitat, cats faced a simple choice: starve, go somewhere else, or find food in the towns. No doubt early farmers appreciated cats less for their social skills than for their ability to catch the small mammals that ate stored grain.)
Sheep were domesticated for direct consumption and economic exploitation sometime around 8000 bc, several hundred years before domestication of wheat and barley. Goats were domesticated at about the same time in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran. |
Amarjit S. Basra
See book keywords and concepts |  Collection should be carried out using the utmost care of the plant population and habitat in order to assure sustainable use of them.
Ecological production is spreading also in the case of wild growing plants. Natural habitats—first of all, the protected ones—are often optimal sites for providing certified biological products. In natural reserve areas, human disturbance as well as pollution are minimal.
Since 1980, a continuous shift of the proportion of collection/cultivation can be observed for the benefit of cultivation. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
See book keywords and concepts |  Here you will find interesting background information that may include what plant kingdom the food belongs to, where its natural habitat is located, and how it is commonly consumed. Also accompanying every food entry are entertaining factoids such as: Did you know ... Amazon Indians used guava fruit to remedy sore throats, digestive challenges, and vertigo, and to regulate menstrual periods?
"A SERVING OF FOOD LORE . . ." AND "WHERE IS IT GROWN?" Did you ever wonder where coffee beans originated? |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts | | Loss of habitat and overharvesting have decimated its valuable population. Please use it with care.
PINE
Botanical Name
Pinus spp., including P. contorta (lodgepole pine), P. nigra, P. pinaster, P. pinea, P. strobus (white pine), P. sylvestris (Scotch pine), P. tabuliformis
Family
Pinaceae (Pine Family) Etymology
The genus name Pinea, from which the common name pine derives, is the Latin name for the nuts derived from this tree. |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
See book keywords and concepts |  When food is scarce, as it usually is in their native desert habitat, locusts are born with coloring designed for camouflage and lead solitary lives. When rare periods of significant rain produce major vegetation growth, everything changes. At first, the locusts continue to be loners, just feasting off the abundant food supply. But as the extra vegetation starts to die off, the locusts find themselves crowded together. Suddenly, baby locusts are born with bright colors and a hankering for company. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
See book keywords and concepts |  Certainly a loss of habitat (poor governance) has contributed, along with overharvesting, to the loss of wild Asian ginseng.
Folk uses for this herb abound, and ginseng is used in Korea for malaria, hysteria, alcoholism, acute gastritis, and as an aid in convalescence from serious illness. In Japan, Asian ginseng is used for diarrhea, dyspepsia, vomiting, coughs, and diabetes. In Hong Kong, the root is used to treat drunkenness, dizziness, amnesia, and general weakness.
Modern Uses
Asian ginseng is one of the most studied herbs in the world. |
David Steinman
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