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L'Herbier Toxique: Codes Secrets pour Plantes Utiles [The Herbarium of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

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By: Bernard Bertrand(Author)
192 pages, colour photos, colour illustrations
L'Herbier Toxique: Codes Secrets pour Plantes Utiles [The Herbarium of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
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  • L'Herbier Toxique: Codes Secrets pour Plantes Utiles [The Herbarium of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants] ISBN: 9782366720655 Paperback Oct 2014 Out of Print #225589
  • L'Herbier Toxique: Codes Secrets pour Plantes Utiles [The Herbarium of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants] ISBN: 9782915810493 Hardback Oct 2009 Out of Print #225588
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Language: French

Here are over 70 poisonous plants and their disturbing stories that are unlikely but still amazing.

From the Belladonna to the potato we discover that toxicity is largely a matter of dose. In modern societies there is a real distrust regarding the toxicology of plants. Yet only eight wild plants growing in our climate are fatal to humans! While the percentage of potentially fatal phytopharmaceuticals on the market is well over 50% ...

This phenomenon of mistrust towards plants is cultural, at least in the West. Even though toxicity may well be complex, the fact remains that human societies knew these plants throughout their history, without science there to shine a light on them!

This book shows that the toxicity is much less dangerous as people think, and especially as we feared. It may even be that it is one of the vital elements of the expression of life on earth ... This beautiful book presents beautiful herbarium boards, old engravings and photographs of plants.

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Voici plus de 70 plantes empoisonneuses et leurs histoires inquiétantes ou invraisemblables mais toujours étonnantes.

De la Belladone à la Pomme de terre on découvre que la toxicité est surtout une affaire de quantité. Il existe dans nos sociétés modernes une véritable méfiance par rapport à la toxicologie des plantes. Et pourtant, seulement huit plantes sauvages poussant sous nos climats sont mortelles pour l’homme ! Alors que le pourcentage des produits phytopharmaceutiques potentiellement mortels mis sur le marché dépasse largement les 50 %…

Ce phénomène de méfiance envers les plantes est culturel, du moins en Occident. Pourtant la toxicité a beau être complexe, il n’en reste pas moins que les sociétés humaines l’ont côtoyé ; tout au long de leur histoire, sans pour autant que la science soit là pour l’éclairer de ses lumières !

Ce livre nous montre que la toxicité est bien moins dangereuse qu’on le croit et surtout qu’on le craint. Il se peut même qu’elle soit un des éléments vitaux de l’expression de la vie sur terre… Ce beau livre présente de magnifiques planches d’herbier, des vieilles gravures et des photographies des plantes.

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Out of Print
By: Bernard Bertrand(Author)
192 pages, colour photos, colour illustrations
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