{"product_id":"kava-vincent-lebot-9780892817269","title":"Kava: The Pacific Elixir: The Definitive Guide to Its Ethnobotany, History, and Chemistry","description":"- The most comprehensive book ever written on nature's most effective stress-relieving plant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- First paperback edition of the classic comprehensive text originally published by Yale University Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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 soporific qualities kava is also used throughout the the Pacific as an analgesic, a diuretic, and an anesthetic. There is even evidence suggesting it is effective in the treatment of asthma, tuberculosis, and venereal disease. Exhaustively researched, \u003ci\u003eKava: The Pacific Elixir\u003c\/i\u003e offers an extensive survey of this amazing plant from the perspective of the horticulturist, the ethnobotanist, and the pharmacologist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincent Lebot, Mark Merlin, Lamont Lindstrom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0892817267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780892817269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Healing Arts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.91h x 5.97w x 0.63d","brand":"Vincent Lebot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46420229914879,"sku":"9780892817269","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3afdb56b-ced6-4c38-b451-e586d0a2e39d.jpg?v=1734634018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kava-vincent-lebot-9780892817269","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}