Medicinal Plants of the World: An Illustrated Scientific Guide to Important Medicinal Plants and Their Uses
- ISBN-10
- 9812329331
- ISBN-13
- 9789812329332
- Series
- Medicinal Plants of the World
- Category
- Materia medica, Vegetable
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Authors
- Ben-Erik van Wyk, Michael Wink
Description
Medicinal Plants of the World is a fully illustrated, comprehensive and scientifically accurate guide to the best-known and most important medicinal plants, and their uses, It includes plants of special commercial as well as historical interest. Features: More than 320 medicinal plants and their close relatives are described. Each entry gives a short description of the plant, the geographical origin, therapeutic category, uses and properties, preparation and dosage, active ingredients and pharmacological effects. More than 800 excellent full-colour photographs assist in the identification of the plants and related or similar plants. Introductory chapters explain the various healing cultures of the world, general concepts, common ailments and their treatment with modern phytomedicines and with traditional remedies and the study of active compounds and their pharmacological effects. A checklist of 900 of the most important and well-known medicinal plants of the world acts as a quick reference to each plant, listed alphabetically according to scientific name with the common names, family name, region of origin, therapeutic category and plant parts used. Also included is a glossary of medical and related terms.
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