Table of Contents After the First Full Moon in April A Sourcebook of Herbal Medicine from a California Indian Elder Josephine Grant Peters (Author); Beverly Ortiz (Contributor) 222 pp. / 8.00 x 10.00 / Apr, 2010 Hardback (978-1-59874-364-7) Paperback (978-1-61132-791-5) eBook (978-1-61132-404-4) eBook Rental - 180 Days (978-1-61132-404-4) Learn about eBooks Hardback ($75.00) Paperback ($29.95) eBook ($29.95) eBook Rental - 180 Days ($15.00)    Related Interest   - Anthropology   - Ethnic Studies   - Health & Medicine   - Native American and Indigenous Studies In this extraordinary book Josephine Peters, a respected northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural and plant knowledge. The book begins with Josephine's "[Peters's] herbal knowledge extends beyond medicine to food, basket making, technology in general, firewood, aesthetics, myths, and all of life. She shares her knowledge and thoughts with expert help from Ortiz, a leader in the California Native scholarly world. Peters's knowledge is highly eclectic, drawing not only on all the groups around her but also on southern Californian Native plant knowledge, Mexican traditions, and even Chinese herbal medicine (via some Chinese neighbors in northwestern California). This book is extremely valuable for showing the full extent of the knowledge of one such healer and for anyone interested in herbal medicine and food, Native Californian traditions, or a read about a fascinating individual. Summing up: Highly recommended." - CHOICE "...a unique and highly prized addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library collections in the diverse fields of Ethnobotany, Ethnomedicine, Environmental Anthropology, Native American Studies, and California History." - James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review "This book is an important addition to Native American herbal medicine that will be used by faculty, students, and in extended education." - Rollin C. Richmond, President, Humboldt State University personal and tribal history and gathering ethics. Josephine then instructs the reader in medicinal and plant food preparations and offers an illustrated catalog of the uses and doses of over 160 plants. At a time of the commercialization of traditional ecological knowledge, Peters presents her rich tradition on her own terms, and according to her spiritual convictions about how her knowledge should be shared. This volume is essential for anyone working in ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, environmental anthropology, Native American studies, and Western and California culture and history.