Praise for Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians
“An elegant introduction to the incredible botany found in medicinal plants of the region….presented in an upfront, clear-as-a-bell style that not only educates but also entertains.”
Peter Loewer, author of The Wild Gardener and Jefferson’s Garden
‘This is an excellent, much needed resource on Southeastern herbs. Well thought out and easy to follow.’
Tim Blakely, co-author of The Bootstrap Guide to Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field and Marketplace
‘This is one volume that I want to own as we enter the post-corporate age: a priceless guide to Southern plant alchemy. These pages are as rich as the cove forests they honor. Even to peruse Howell's manual is healing, and exhilarating, not only because of the book's inherent beauty, but because it contains vital knowledge all of us will need as fossil fuels dwindle and we return to the local. One day this book may save your life.’
Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood;Wild Card Quilt; and Pinhook: Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land
“A delightful guide to the most important medicinal plants in eastern North American forests.”
Kelly Kindscher Ph.D., author of Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie
“It’s a beautiful and very empowering book. Good job!”
David Hoffmann, author of Medical Herbalism
“A timely and vital addition to the herbal medicine literature from one of our few experts on Southeastern herbal medicine.”
Susan Wynn, DVM, RH (AHG) Founder, Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association
“A thorough guide to the virtues of Yellow Root, Rabbit Tobacco, Dogwood Bark, Sweet Fern and other better known herbs of the region. From Howell’s book, readers can learn to use local plants safely and consciously to improve the health of their families and patients.”
David Winston, RH (AHG), Dean,
Co-author of Herbal Therapy and Supplements: A Scientific and Traditional Approach.
“This book constitutes a giant piece of chinking in what was up to this time a gaping crack in the modern herbalism of the
“Also, regional herbals tend to discuss herbs that are not readily found in other texts, and this is certainly the case with Patricia's work…all presented in a clear and uncomplicated format. Excellent glossary, resource section, bloom calendar, harvest calendar, quick-reference therapeutic index and a well-executed general index. A very smart, spare, comely and satisfying work.”
Richo Cech, author of Making Plant Medicines and co-owner of Horizon Herbs.
“I am not always impressed by medicinal publications because too often it’s apparent that the authors aren’t very well grounded in regard to actual botanical knowledge. That certainly isn’t the instance with Howell’s publication. I can recommend it those interested in this region’s flora… Howell provides concise and well-organized commentary on the such topics as the history of the region’s medicinal plants, beginning, of course, with the Cherokees…The appended portions of the book are also first rate.”
George Ellison, Columnist for
Author of the biographical introductions to reissues of Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart and History, Myths and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee by James Mooney
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“I smiled reading the harvesting tips, thinking how I could have used the advice when I was first wildcrafting…It is valuable to have a medicinal herbal specific to Southern Appalachia, although the extended range of most of these herbs makes this book useful for most of the East Coast.”
Kathi Keville, director of American Herb Association
“I just wanted to thank you again for your book. Out of many (and I do have many) plant/herbal/natural history books I own, I will use this one. I really like the way the information is presented and the general format. It is obvious that you are a "plant person" as well as an herbalist. As you know, this is seldom the case.”
Robin Alton Suggs, MoonBranch Botanicals,
“I just received your book! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! I already have a library of herbal books and yours will be highly recommended by me when I teach. Thanks so much for the inspiration and your informative, easy to read and apply book.”
Mary Ray, Teacher, Kentucky
