Bøger af Christopher Hobbs

Herbalist and mushroom expert Christopher Hobbs introduces the mushroom varieties most widely used for medicinal purposes, exploring their powerful health benefits, the science behind their effectiveness, and how to make mushroom medicine at home.

This guide is the most complete work ever written on the medicinal plants of western North America. It offers the best information in the world on the current popular and traditional uses of the nearly 500 species covered, much of it available for the first time. More than 530 color photographs illustrate the plants and their flowers, leaves, and fruits. The descriptive text combines scientific, ethnobotanical, and cross-cultural information, making this field guide unique. An index to medical topics is helpful for quickly locating information on specific ailments. Symbols next to the plant descriptions provide quick visual warnings for poisonous and allergenic plants. Organized by flower color for fast identification, this guide is an essential aid to appreciating native plants and the wild areas they inhabit.

This book explores how human factors, in particular the contested notion of trust, influence the conduct and practice of arms control verification. The book provides new insights into the role and influence of human factors in the verification process, shedding light on this 'blind spot' of verification research.

This guide to vitamins, minerals and other nutritional supplements for improved health shows readers how to devise their own supplement programme. It includes coverage of the needs of special groups such as pregnant or nursing women, children and seniors.