Moss Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom and Modern Pharmacology

* Explores more than 600 species of the bryophyte family of plants-mosses, liverworts, and hornworts-in text and full-color photos

* Shows the ways that indigenous peoples around the world have traditionally used mosses and other bryophytes for food preservation, clothing, and medicine

* Details scientific research on the potency of bryophyte compounds and terpenoids as well as their antiviral, antimicrobial, antifungal, and anti-cancer properties

In this comprehensive book, master herbalist R...