Edible Wild Plants: Over 111 Natural Foods and Over 22 Plant-Based Recipes On A Budget

By Joseph Erickson

Have you ever wondered if plants could help improve your allergy symptoms?

 

Have you studied foraging, but you're looking to learn more about edible and medicinal plants?

 

Do you wish you had a better understanding of herbalism and what it can do for you?

 

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you will want to keep reading.

 

Herbalism is one of the oldest forms of medicine in the world. It is what our modern medicine is built upon, yet more people are afraid of it.

 

Modern medicine has made us believe that plants can't heal us.

 

While one should not completely erase modern medicine from their lives, because it does serve a purpose, it is possible to take care of some minor problems through the use of herbs.

 

One way to bring herbalism into your life is to learn how to forage.

 

Foraging will enable you to find wild plants and pick them at their peak of freshness, which will only help you to improve your life and health.

 

In this book you will learn:

• The history of herbalism
• How plants can be used to help heal
• The best wild edible and medicinal plants, and where to find them
• The different ecosystems in the US
• How different plants like different climates
• Poisonous plants to avoid
• … And much more.

If you are truly interested in learning more about edible foods and how to take your health into your hands, then don't wait any longer!

 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Tyler Macdonald
• Release date: Feb 5, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393649496

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Edible Wild Plants:

Over 111 Natural Foods and Over 22 Plant-Based Recipes On A Budget

Joseph Erickson

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1 History Of Herbalism

Arabs Save the Greek Sciences

Byzantine Empire

Ancient Greek Medicine

Early Middle Age European Medicine

Arab Influences

Baghdad

Quick Review

Central Asia Avicenna

Reawakening of Europe

Chapter 2 Knowing Your Environment

Forest Land

Coniferous Forest

Mediterranean

Grasslands

Tundra

Alpine

Rainforest

Desert

Edible Plants In Northeast US

Edible Plants in Southwest US

Edible Plants in Southeast US

Edible Plants in Northwest US

Edible Plants in Midwest US

Edible Plants in South Central US

Chapter 3 Compendium Of Edible Plants

Chapter 4 Compendium Of Medicinal Plants

Chapter 5 Compendium Of Poisonous Plants

Chapter 6 The Basics Of Foraging

Make Sure You Can Be on the Land

Know How to Identify Plants and Forage Safely

Remember the Four Rs

Know Your Protect Species

Don’t Take the Only Plant

Take Only What You Need

Harvest Your Plants Wisely

Chapter 7 Recipes For Edible Wild Plants

Buffalo Milkweed Pods

Cattail Rice

Dandy Pasta

Garlic Mustard Stuffed Mushrooms

Kale, Lambs Quarters, and Cheese Manicotti

Purslane Egg Cups

Stuffed Milkweed Pods

Weed Burgers

Wild Potato Pancakes

Wild Roasted Cabbage

Buttered Chickweed

Plantain Salad

Blueberry Labrador Tea

Burdock Tonic Tea

Healthy Heart Tea

Highbush Cranberry Juice

Immune Boosting Coffee

Fennel and Angelica Cookies

Bee Balm Cookies

Coltsfoot Sorbet

Dandelion Banana Bread

Honey Cattail Cookies

Nutty Plantain Snack

Pine Cookies

Pine Rum Balls

Conclusion

Introduction

First off, I would like to thank you for choosing this book. I hope that you find it informative and helpful in whatever your goals may be. Throughout this book, we are going to talk about the different aspects of foraging, herbalism, and edible wild plants so that you can enjoy the benefits of eating food in its most natural form.

The world is full of plants. In each area of the world, the plants have adapted to survive their environment, and as such, they have learned how to handle the wildlife of that area. In some cases, this includes humans. While the people in New York may not have the same types of wild plants available to them as people in Texas do, they still have a lot of tasty and healthy options to forage for.

You may be wondering why we are talking about foraging for plants when there are grocery stores on every corner. Well, there may come a time when we can’t fully rely on our modern infrastructure to provide users with the necessities we need, especially when it comes to food. But it’s not only that. The food you buy in the grocery store has been on the shelves for who knows how long. The produce was picked long before it was fully ripe so that it could travel hundreds of miles without spoiling. While the produce still has important nutrients and minerals in them, they aren’t at the same concentration they would be if you picked it off of the tree yourself.

Do you see where I’m going with this?

Moreover, wild plants have medicinal applications and can help with pest control. So not only can you go into your backyard and grab some dandelion greens for dinner, but you also may be able to find some Echinacea to help with your cold. If you got some mint to harvest, you can use that to help keep some pests at bay as well.

You see, nature provides us with an endless supply of possibilities. If you would like to have control over the food you eat, then learning how to forage for food is a great way to do so.

This book will help to guide you through this process. We will go over what herbalism is and what role it played in the history of man. Then we will look at learning more about your environment so that you know what types of foods you can find. We’ll also cover the basics of ethical foraging so that you never harm the environment when you go looking for foods. You will also find lists of edible and medicinal plants and how to use them. Of course, you will also find a list of poisonous plants so that you don’t end up hurting yourself. Lastly, you’ll find some delicious recipes that you can make using your freshly harvested wild plants.

Learning how to forage is a rewarding experience, and I hope you have fun on your first trip out.

Before we get started, I would like to ask that if you find any part of this book helpful or informative, please leave a review.

Chapter 1

History Of Herbalism

Using plants for medicinal purposes has been around since ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, Indians, Chinese, and Native Americans. All of these cultures were herbalists. The oldest list of medicinal herbs was called Shennong Ben Cao Jing or Shen Nung Pen Ts’ao, which is a book about medicinal plants and agriculture. This text is thought to be a compilation of every oral tradition that was written between 200 and 250 CE. It has been said that this text was made from three volumes that contained 365 entries on medicinal plants and a description of each.

The ancient Romans and Greeks were also great herbalists. Surgeons that traveled with the Roman army took their expertise about herbs and spread it through the Roman Empire. They took it into England, France, Germany, and Spain. Galen and Dioscorides, who were surgeons from Greece that traveled with the Roman army, compiled a list of herbs that became the definitive materials for their medical text for about 1500 years.

During the Middle Ages, the monasteries of mainland Europe and Britain preserved herbalism. Before universities were established during the 11th and 12th centuries, monasteries were used as medical schools. Monks would translate and copy the works of Galen, Dioscorides, and Hippocrates. Their gardens were growing the most useful and common herbs that served as training grounds for the following generations of laymen, monks, and physicians.

Because of the Islamic conquest in North Africa during the 7th and 8th centuries, Arabic scholars were able to attain a lot of Roman and Greek texts. The Iranian physician Ibn Sina who was also known as Avicenna, combined the traditions of Galen and Dioscorides with his own ancient practices in a text called The Canon of Medicine. It was the most influential text that was ever written. It spread throughout Europe during the 11th and 12th centuries.

Due to the printing press being invented in the middle of the 15th century, the texts of Avicenna, Galen, and Dioscorides were mass-produced and were accessible by people who lived outside of the palace, the university, and the monastery. Using herbs didn’t require any special skills. The readers just had to gather their herbs and apply them as described in the text.

Every herbalist who found a new use for an herb tried to standardize the use of this plant. One person who sought to do this was Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, who was also known as Paracelsus. He emphasized how important it was to get to know a patient rather than just blindly using herbs as a cure.

In spite of his distrust of herbalism, she revived the