Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1554
Release: 1979
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Plants as Medicine and Aromatics

Plants as Medicine and Aromatics
Author: Mohd Kafeel Ahmad Ansari
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2023-02-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1000835545

Since ancient times, plants serve as a valuable source of traditional herbal medicines. Unlike modern medicines, herbal medicines have consistently demonstrated health advantages, including a lack of serious adverse side effects, long-lasting curative impacts and overall cost-effectiveness. Even today, with various modern pharmaceutical medicines commonly available, plant-based medicines and aromatics are increasingly in demand throughout the health sector globally, where they are used not only for the treatment of disease, but also, preventatively for maintaining good health. People are seeking alternatives to modern medical treatments turning to phytomedicine for primary health care. However, an inadvertent consequence of this increased demand for herbal medicines has resulted in medicinal plants being threatened due to their initial small population sizes, narrow distribution areas, habitat specificity, and increasingly destructive non-sustainable harvesting. This book critically examines and reviews the status of medicinal plants and includes several important case studies of representative plant species. It contains information on aspects concerning phytochemistry, natural products, cultivation, conservation techniques, environmental interactions, and therapeutic features of medicinal aromatic plants. Features Evaluates plants as medicine and aromatics covering pharmacognosy and ecology of plants having therapeutic values. Discusses how plants can play a role in treatment of diseases and as potential therapeutics standards for maintaining good health. Presents conventional and contemporary approaches to conservation of such plants with commercial feasibility.

The Europa International Foundation Directory 2022

The Europa International Foundation Directory 2022
Author: Europa Publications
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 2292
Release: 2022-07-21
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1000800660

Now in its 31st edition, the Europa International Foundation Directory 2022 provides an unparalleled guide to the foundations, trusts, charitable and grantmaking NGOs, and other similar not-for-profit organizations of the world. It provides a comprehensive picture of third sector activity on a global scale. Users will find names and contact details for some 2,690 institutions worldwide. This new edition has been revised and expanded to include the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on this growing sector. Indexes allow the reader to find organizations by area of activity (including conservation and the environment, science and technology, education and social welfare) and geographical region of operations (e.g. South America, Central America and the Caribbean, Australasia, Western Europe and North America). Contents include: A comprehensive directory section organized by country or territory; Details of co-ordinating bodies, and of foundations, trusts and non-profit organizations; A full index of organizations, and indexes by main activity and by geographical area of activity.

Plants as Medicine and Aromatics

Plants as Medicine and Aromatics
Author: Mohd Kafeel Ahmad Ansari
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 677
Release: 2024-10-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1040104959

Plant‐based medicines and aromatics are increasingly in demand in the healthcare sector all over the globe where they are used, not only for the treatment of various diseases, but also for maintaining good human health. Plants as Medicine and Aromatics: Uses of Botanicals reviews modern uses of ancient botanicals as medicine and aromatics, including chapters on both traditional usage and modern drug discovery development, as well as clinical research and development in ancient medicinal herbs. Features: Assesses the status of aromatics and medicinal plants as well as their modern uses. Elucidates the uses of plants within traditional culture practices for the prevention and treatment of diseases. Examines contemporary approaches being used to explore medicinal botany. A volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series, Plants as Medicine and Aromatics: Uses of Botanicals presents a comprehensive understanding in terms of modern uses of botanicals of medicinal and aromatic plants. It is useful to researchers, teachers, cultivators, students, and for those interested in herbal medicine.

Brief History Of Chinese Medicine And Its Influence, A (2nd Edition)

Brief History Of Chinese Medicine And Its Influence, A (2nd Edition)
Author: Peng Yoke Ho
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1997-04-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9813103086

This brief discourse is an introduction to the historical development of medicine in China, whose influence on Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia was profound and even reached far west into the Islamic world. The authors wish to make the interested reader aware of China's rich contribution to the world growth of the medical sciences. Too often the view has been taken that the history of medicine began with the discoveries of the Greeks and those ancient nations from whom they learnt. The authors want to redress this view and acquaint readers with a glimpse of the concepts and history of Chinese medicine and hope that they will feel encouraged to delve deeper.

Traditional Systems of Medicine

Traditional Systems of Medicine
Author: M. Z. Abdin
Publisher: Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2006
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9788173197079

The drugs of herbal, herbo-mineral and animal origin have been used by the traditional healers to maintain health and treat diseases since the dawn of civilization. This book contains chapters on Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) of traditional medicines.

Bartram's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine

Bartram's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine
Author: Thomas Bartram
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 621
Release: 2013-05-30
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1472111117

Containing over 900 entries of general disease conditions and corresponding herbal treatments, this book covers: therapeutic action, 550 monographs of medicinal plants, and the properties of herbs and preparations such as inctures, liquid extracts, poultices and essential oils.

The Europa International Foundation Directory 2023

The Europa International Foundation Directory 2023
Author: Europa Publications
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 663
Release: 2023-07-27
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1003806325

This fully revised directory of international foundations, trusts, charitable and grantmaking NGOs and other similar non-profit institutions provides a comprehensive picture of foundation activity on a worldwide scale. Now in its 32nd edition, The Europa International Foundation Directory includes: Information on some 2,700 organizations, organized by country or territory, including details of funding priorities and projects, geographical area of activity, principal staff and contact details Details of co-ordinating bodies and centres that assist foundations, grantmaking organizations and other NGOs Bibliography Comprehensive index section This new edition has been revised and expanded to include the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on this growing sector.

Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures

Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures
Author: Helaine Selin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 2428
Release: 2008-03-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 140204559X

Here, at last, is the massively updated and augmented second edition of this landmark encyclopedia. It contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. The entries consist of fully updated articles together with hundreds of entirely new topics. This unique reference work includes intercultural articles on broad topics such as mathematics and astronomy as well as thoughtful philosophical articles on concepts and ideas related to the study of non-Western Science, such as rationality, objectivity, and method. You’ll also find material on religion and science, East and West, and magic and science.

Balti Britain

Balti Britain
Author: Ziauddin Sardar
Publisher: Granta Books
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2012-03-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1847086845

Sardar travels to Asian communities throughout the UK to tell the history of Asians in Britain - from the arrival of the first Indian in 1614, to the young extremists in Walthamstow mosque in 2006. He interweaves throughout an illuminating account of his own life, describing his carefree childhood in Pakistan, his family's emigration to racist 1950s Britain, and his adulthood straddling two cultures. Along the way he asks: are arranged marriages a good thing? Does the term 'Asian' obscure more than it conveys? Do vindaloo and balti actually exist? And is multiculturalism an impossible dream?