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Invasive Plant Medicine: The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives was written by Timothy Lee Scott and published in 2010 by Healing Arts Press. 348 pages; paperback. $19.95.
 In Invasive Plant Medicine, author Timothy Lee Scott describes the history and healing qualities of plants that are considered by many to have little or no value as well as the ability to spread aggressively. As he describes in the book’s introduction, “The nature of a weed is opportunistic, and we, as humans, have created enormous holes of opportunity for these plants to fill. They have adapted to be at our side, waiting for those favorable times to cover the exposed soils that we continually create.” The book is divided into 3 sections: “Waging War on Plants,” which delves into the science behind these misunderstood plants; “The Intelligence of Plants,” the shortest section that describes the ecology and chemistry of invasive plant medicine; and “Guide to Invasive Plants: Medicine and Ecological Roles,” which provides an in-depth review of 24 specific invasives including Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) and Wild Rose (Rosa spp.).
An excerpt from Invasive Plant Medicine: The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives is available for HerbalEGram readers. It contains the table of contents, Chapter 7, “The Deep Ecology of Invasives,” and Chapter 8, “The Chemistry of Plant Medicine.” The book can be purchased from the publisher’s website.
©2010 Timothy Lee Scott. Reproduced with permission from the publisher.
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