[APWG] "Invasive Plant Medicine The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives" by Timothy Lee Scott

[Grace Lilly]

Today a NH friend emailed me re this book. Brattleboro is located in  
VT. Would someone have more information? Thank you.


The author has an acupuncture studio in Brattleboro, and is giving a  
book reading on Friday, Sept. 3rd, 5:30-7 PM, at Everybody's Books on  
Elliot Street here in town:

Invasive Plant Medicine
The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives

  About Invasive Plant Medicine

The first book to demonstrate how plants originally considered harmful  
to the environment actually restore Earth's ecosystems and possess  
powerful healing properties.
* Explains how invasive plants enhance biodiversity, purify  
ecosystems, and revitalize the land
* Provides a detailed look at the healing properties of 25 of the most  
common invasive plants

Most of the invasive plant species under attack for disruption of  
local ecosystems in the United States are from Asia, where they play  
an important role in traditional healing. In opposition to the loud  
chorus of those clamoring for the eradication of all these plants  
that, to the casual observer, appear to be a threat to native flora,  
Timothy Scott shows how these opportunistic plants are restoring  
health to Earth's ecosystems. Far less a threat to the environment  
than the cocktails of toxic pesticides used to control them, these  
invasive plants perform an essential ecological function that serves  
to heal both the land on which they grow and the human beings who live  
upon it. These plants remove toxic residues in the soil, providing  
detoxification properties that can help heal individuals.

Invasive Plant Medicine demonstrates how these "invasives" restore  
natural balance and biodiversity to the environment and examines the  
powerful healing properties offered by 25 of the most common invasive  
plants growing in North America and Europe. Each plant examined  
includes a detailed description of its physiological actions and uses  
in traditional healing practices; tips on harvesting, preparation, and  
dosage; contraindications; and any possible side effects. This is the  
first book to explore invasive plants not only for their profound  
medical benefits but also with a deep ecological perspective that  
reveals how plant intelligence allows them to flourish wherever they  
grow.

About the Author of Invasive Plant Medicine

Timothy Lee Scott is an acupuncturist and herbalist with a master's  
degree in traditional Chinese medicine. He runs a private practice in  
Vermont and gives workshops on Chinese herbalism, native medicinal  
plant cultivation, and the benefits of invasive plants.

Praise for Invasive Plant Medicine

"I love this book. Brilliant and unique, Tim Scott's new book is about  
to rock the world of plant enthusiasts. Written for the medical  
professional, lay person, gardener, botanist, and biologist, it's for  
everyone who loves and worships at the roots of the green world.  
Invasive Plant Medicine provides a refreshing new theology of  
'invasives,' or 'messenger' plants as they are so aptly termed by the  
author. Tim Scott goes deep beneath the surface, where thought,  
practicality, and poetry combine to create a dynamic new exploration  
of common plant medicine. Poetic, wise, visionary, and practical, this  
is my new favorite book about plants."
Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and founder of United Plant Savers

"This is an important, insightful book that should be read by all  
involved in herbal medicine or plant conservation, and more  
importantly, for all of us who should be questioning authority. In  
these times of rapid change it is refreshing to find such competent  
questioning of 'established truths.' Thanks, Tim!"
David Hoffman, BSc, FNIMH, medical herbalist and author of Medical  
Herbalism and Herbal Prescriptions after 50

"Timothy Lee Scott shows how wrongheaded it is to single out other  
species as harmful. In nearly every case, the blame for damage done by  
so-called invasive species lies with us, when we have created an  
imbalance that opens opportunities for new species to move in. Tim  
goes beyond simply removing blame from our fellow species. He shows  
how erstwhile invaders can teach us how to heal damaged ecosystems and  
ourselves."
Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale  
Permaculture

"So, be warned, this is a dangerous book. Tim Scott will change how  
you see 'invasives,' will make you question what you have been taught  
about them, force you to reexamine what you have read in newspapers,  
and demand you look more closely at what 'experts' have said."
Stephen Harrod Buhner, author of The Secret Teachings of Plants



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