Daniel E. Moerman

An extraordinary compilation of the plants used by North American native peoples for medicine, food, fiber, dye, and a host of other things. Anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman has devoted 25 years to the task of gathering together the accumulated ethnobotanical knowledge on more than 4000 plants. More than 44,000 uses for these plants by various tribes are documented here. This is undoubtedly the most massive ethnobotanical survey ever undertaken, preserving an enormous store of information for the future.

Native American Ethnobotany

In this encyclopedia of North American ethnobotany, thousands of native plants are organized by family, genus, use (illness), tribal culture, and common name. Foreword by Richard I. Ford.

Medicinal Plants of Native America, Vols. 1 and 2

Meaning, Medicine, and the "placebo Effect"

In this paper I argue against continued use of the terms ‘placebo effect’ and ‘placebo response’. I cite a broad range of evidence to indicate that such events are not caused by ‘placebos’ but by their meanings, what they represent to patients, clinicians, families, and communities.

Daniel E. Moerman

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