A Reference Guide to Medicinal Plants
Author : J. K. Crellin
Publisher :
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 20,15 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Materia medica, Vegetable
ISBN : 9780822320685
Author : J. K. Crellin
Publisher :
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 20,15 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Materia medica, Vegetable
ISBN : 9780822320685
Author : J. K. Crellin
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 39,87 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780822310198
Volume 2.
Author : John K. Crellin
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 43,25 MB
Release : 1990
Category :
ISBN :
Author : J. K. Crellin
Publisher : Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Gardening
ISBN :
Volume 2.
Author : Andrew Chevallier
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 2007-04-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0756643716
For anyone who wants to learn more about medicinal plants and how to use them at home, Herbal Remedies provides essential information on how to safely use herbal medicines and shows you how to create your own remedies to target common ailments. Covers over 150 of the most popular herbs available Includes a reference section that targets 50 common ailments Features a Directory of Herbs and a Star Rating-System
Author : James A. Duke
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1451 pages
File Size : 40,8 MB
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1351089579
A Practical, Authoritative Compendium This handbook catalogs 365 species of herbs having medicinal or folk medicinal uses, presenting whatever useful information has been documented on their toxicity and utility in humans and animals. Plants from all over the world - from common cultivars to rare species - are included in these 700 pages. The toxicity of these species varies, but the safety of each has been formally or informally questioned by the Food and Drug Administration, National Cancer Institute, Department of Agriculture, Drug Enforcement Administra-tion, or Herb Trade Association. Easy-to-Locate Facts and Figures Designed to enable fast access to important information, this hand-book presents information in both catalog and tabular forms. In the catalog section, plants are presented alphabetically by scientific name. (The index permits you to locate an herb by its common name.) A detailed sketch of the chief identifying features accompa-nies most catalog entries. For each species the following information, as available, is presented and referenced: Family and colloquial names Chemical content Uses and applications - present and historical Processing, distribution, and economic potential Toxicological agents and degree of toxicity Poison symptoms in humans and animals Treatment and antidotes References to original literature Five Tables of Accessible Data Given a plant species, you can easily determine its toxins; or, given a toxin, you can discover which plants contain it. These and other data are presented in convenient tabular formats as appendixes to the handbook. Other information contained in these tables include toxicity ranking and other toxicity data (as applicable), such as mode of contact, organs affected, and lethal dose; and proximate analyses of selected foods. These tables are titled: Medicinal Herbs: Toxicity Rank
Author : Andrew Chevallier
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 29,94 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Materia medica, Vegetable
ISBN : 9780751312096
An illustrated reference guide, revised and updated, providing authoritative and informative advice on how to make herbal preparations to treat a wide range of common ailments and health problems. Medicinal herbs are detailed in terms of history, cultivation, constituents, properties and uses.
Author : Iris F. F. Benzie
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 38,2 MB
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1439807167
The global popularity of herbal supplements and the promise they hold in treating various disease states has caused an unprecedented interest in understanding the molecular basis of the biological activity of traditional remedies. Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects focuses on presenting current scientific evidence of biomolecular ef
Author : Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 35,67 MB
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1426209800
National Geographic's guide to 36 "super" herbs such as aloe, echinacea, ginkgo, and peppermint includes a wealth of essential information on the history, culture, folklore, and science of traditional and contemporary herbal medicine in all major culture areas of the world. Emphasizing current research and therapeutic uses, the volume provides an A-Z listing of 36 of the more than 80,000 known medicinal plants around the world. Information about each plant includes traditional and current medicinal uses, common and Latin names, description, habitat, cultivation and preparation, research, and caution alerts. Additional essays on the healing plants of Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Central and South America, China, Europe, India, North America, the Middle East, and Oceania provide insightful glimpses into the fascinating range and diversity of local health practices while also revealing the multifaceted roles that herbalists, healers, and herbal-medicine practitioners play in the lives of their patients.
Author : J. K. Crellin
Publisher :
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 26,14 MB
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Materia medica, Vegetable
ISBN : 9780822379690