The Pacific Drug
Kava - Definitive Guide to its History, Chemistry and Ethnobotany
$59.12
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
2 January 1997
Summary
• The most comprehensive book ever written on nature’s most effective stress-relieving plant.
• First paperback edition of the classic comprehensive text originally published by Yale University Press.
This complete guide to kava summarizes the literature and research on a plant that is now considered comparable or superior to anti-stress prescription drugs, and describes its use in the religious, political, and economic life of the Pacific islands for centuries. Beyond its sop…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780892817269 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0892817267 |
| Author: | Vincent Lebot, etc., Mark Merlin, Lamont Lindstrom |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Healing Arts Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 2 January 1997 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm x 16mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A well-written, succinct, yet extensive overview of research on kava from several perspectives.”
“A well-written, succinct, yet extensive overview of research on kava from several perspectives.” * Patrick V. Kirch, University of California, Berkeley *
About The Author
Vincent Lebot
Vincent Lebot was a research fellow in the department of Horticulture at the University of Hawaii. Mark Merlin is an associate professor in the General Science department at the same university. Lamont Lindstrom is a professor of anthropology at the University of Tulsa.
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