Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Human HealthProvides, through examples, an understanding of the world.s traditional pharmacopeias and how research is affording ways to authenticate their value for use in complementary and alternative medicines and as the basis for the development of new therapies and pharmaceutical agents. It combines scientific information in human physiology, pharmacognosy, pharmacology, and ethnobotany, and intertwines these data with a variety of colorful stories and anecdotes from Socrates. fatal use of hemlock to the evolution of such pharmaceuticals as digitalis, taxol, and lovastatin and botanicals, including Echinacea, Ginkgo, St. John.s wort, and ginseng. It is a valuable text for students of pharmacology, botany, medicine, and biology, and an indispensable tool for professionals in medicine, pharmacology, and botany, as well as an informative resource for patients and everyone interested in plants and their potential for human health. |
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Very informative and well explained book. Can you please refer me some book for herbal medicine and human health.
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 11 |
Injurious Plants | 19 |
Internal Poisons | 21 |
Immune System and Cell Modifiers | 97 |
Allergies | 130 |
Remedial Plants | 161 |
Cancer | 163 |
Gastrointestinal Tract | 459 |
Respiratory System | 486 |
Urogenital System | 511 |
Skin | 547 |
Antibiotics Antiseptics Pesticides and Herbicides | 576 |
Panaceas Adaptogens and Tonics | 608 |
Psychoactive Plants | 629 |
Stimulants | 670 |
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| Title | Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Human Health Wiley-Interscience publication |
| Authors | Walter H. Lewis, Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0471628824, 9780471628828 |
| Length | 812 pages |
| Subjects | › › Health & Fitness / Herbal Medications Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine Science / Life Sciences / Botany |
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