There are no coincidences in life. I recently purchased “ The Plant Hunter” - A Scientist Quest for Natural Medicines by Dr Casandra Quave. I started reading the book over the Thanksgiving Holiday on Monday after Thanksgiving , a dear patient, Marge D drops off an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal about the book.
A review reflected this —- “ No one understands this better than Dr. Cassandra Quave, whose groundbreaking research as a leading medical ethnobotanist--someone who identifies and studies plants that may be able to treat antimicrobial resistance and other threatening illnesses--is helping to provide clues for the next generation of advanced medicines. In The Plant Hunter, Dr. Quave weaves together science, botany, and memoir to tell us the extraordinary story of her own journey. Traveling by canoe, ATV, mule, airboat, and on foot, she has conducted field research in the flooded forests of the remote Amazon, the murky swamps of southern Florida, the rolling hills of central Italy, isolated mountaintops in Albania and Kosovo, and volcanic isles arising out of the Mediterranean—all in search of natural compounds, long-known to traditional healers, that could help save us all from the looming crisis of untreatable superbugs. “
The article in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday Sunday Review was very informative , accurate and keenly written to peek anyone’s interest who love plants. This book is needed at this time when infections are rampant throughout the world. We need plants for medicines. We need to save Mother Earth
I can’t stress enough how accurate and informative Dr Quave’s book is. This will make a perfect Christmas gift for any reader. You will understand the limits of synthetic medications and that we must tuurn to the plant kingdom once again.
Until tomorrow…