A Guide To Medicinal Plants
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Author | : Steven Foster |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9780395988145 |
At a time when interest in herbs and natural medicine has never been higher, the second edition of this essential guide shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. 300+ color photos.
Author | : Hwee Ling Koh |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2009-02-20 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9814469211 |
This book presents up-to-date information on a total of 75 native and non-native medicinal plants growing in Singapore. Comprehensive and useful information from the published literature — including plant descriptions and origins, traditional medicinal uses, phytoconstituents, pharmacological activities, adverse reactions, toxicities, and reported drug-herb interactions — is presented in an easy-to-read manner for easy and quick reference. There is no minimum level of knowledge required to read this book, and botanical and medical glossaries are also provided for readers' convenience.The book will be of great practical benefit to a wide-ranging audience. Educators and students in complementary medicine and health, pharmacognosy, medicinal chemistry, natural products, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmacovigilance, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, botany, biology, chemistry and life sciences will find the information useful. The book will also appeal to clinicians, pharmacists, nurses and researchers, as it contains a comprehensive reference list at the end for further reading.
Author | : Rebecca L. Johnson |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 142620700X |
A resource organized by body system lists the key herbal remedies available, their uses, and cautionary advice, in a book that includes full-color photos, a glossary and several thematic indexes.
Author | : Bradford Angier |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2008-07-29 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0811742806 |
First-ever revision of a classic guidebook. Information on each plant's characteristics, distribution, and medicinal qualities as well as updated taxonomy and 15 new species. How to identify and use wild plants for medicinal purposes.
Author | : Jim Meuninck |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2024-04-02 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1493077872 |
This exquisitely detailed, full-color field guide provides the identification details and practical information needed to find and properly use many of the medicinal plants and wild plant foods that provide chemicals necessary for optimum health and disease prevention. The book takes the user from simple and familiar plants ones that are less common and more difficult to identify. Each of the 122 plant entries includes a color photograph, plant description, and location. Plants are grouped according to how common or rare they are, as well as to where they are found: prairies, woodlands, mountains, deserts, and wetlands. Relevant facts about each plant include toxicity, historical uses, modern uses, as well as wildlife/veterinary uses. Additional information featured in this extraordinary field guide: explanations of how each plant affects the human body; cultural and ethnic uses of medicinal herbs and cooking spices; others creatures who consume the plants; a list of most recommended garden herbs; web site resources, and much more.
Author | : Steven Foster |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9780395838068 |
Features more than five hundred plants and herbs of North America providing information on their location and medicinal uses.
Author | : J. K. Crellin |
Publisher | : Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Andrew Chevallier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Materia medica, Vegetable |
ISBN | : 9781740331210 |
This definitive Australian reference guide provides a unique insight into the medicinal actions of herbs, based on the latest scientific research. It contains a comprehensive Australian and New Zealand address list of organisations and practitioners.
Author | : Pamela Forey |
Publisher | : Gramercy |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1992-01-27 |
Genre | : Botany, Medical |
ISBN | : 9780517691137 |
An Instant Guide to Medicinal Plants is an ideal compact identification guide to the great variety of North American plants and trees that are known for their medicinal properties. This user-friendly guide assumes no previous knowledge: A medical glossary and an easy-to-follow system of color-coded bands, denoting the part of the plant used, leads quickly to the correct section of the book. Detailed, full-color illustrations and a concise text provide information on collecting, preparing, and using the many remedies in Nature's medicine chest.
Author | : Michael Moore |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 1989-06-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0890135916 |
This classic work on medicinal herbs of the Western uplands is an authoritative presentation of more than 100 species. Unsurpassed as a field guide for its authoritative information on collection and medicinal preparation. Focuses on the plant life of rocky and arid lands of the West, and includes detailed information on the preparation and use of these vital herbs.