Nature's medicine : plants that heal /
Swerdlow, Joel.
Nature's medicine : plants that heal / Joel L. Swerdlow ; photographs by Lynn Johnson. - Washington, D.C. : London : National Geographic Society ; Hi Marketing [distributor], c2000. - 400p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsim., port. ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 392) and index.
Preface: A Plant that Cures--Introduction: Chemicals from Plants--Ancient Civilisations to the birth of modern science:- 1. Herbal Medicine of India and China--2. Plants begin to serve the Four Humors--3. Learning from the New World--The Birth of Modern Science to the End of the 20th Century:- 4. Modern Science embraces medicinal plants--5. Medicine Changes: Late 19th to Early 20th Century--6. The 20th Century: A limited role for plants--Shaping the future of plant-based medicine:- 7. Modern medicine keeps trying to use plants--8. Can herbs heal you?--Conclusion--Plant profiles--Glossary--Additional resources.
A serious reference work rather than a self-help manual, Nature's Medicine focuses on the current search for, and verification of, natural healing substances found within the plant kingdom.
9780792275862 (hbk.) : £20.00 079227587X (dlx.)
99089037
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Plants--Therapeutic use
Medicinal plants.
Pharmacognosy.
Alternative medicine.
Botany & plant sciences
Traditional medicine & herbal remedies
Pharmacology
Health and Wellbeing.
Plants, Medicinal--therapeutic use--Atlases
Alternative Medicine--Atlases
Medicine, Herbal--Atlases
Plants--therapeutic use--Atlases
RS164 / .S947 2000
615.32 SWE
Nature's medicine : plants that heal / Joel L. Swerdlow ; photographs by Lynn Johnson. - Washington, D.C. : London : National Geographic Society ; Hi Marketing [distributor], c2000. - 400p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsim., port. ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 392) and index.
Preface: A Plant that Cures--Introduction: Chemicals from Plants--Ancient Civilisations to the birth of modern science:- 1. Herbal Medicine of India and China--2. Plants begin to serve the Four Humors--3. Learning from the New World--The Birth of Modern Science to the End of the 20th Century:- 4. Modern Science embraces medicinal plants--5. Medicine Changes: Late 19th to Early 20th Century--6. The 20th Century: A limited role for plants--Shaping the future of plant-based medicine:- 7. Modern medicine keeps trying to use plants--8. Can herbs heal you?--Conclusion--Plant profiles--Glossary--Additional resources.
A serious reference work rather than a self-help manual, Nature's Medicine focuses on the current search for, and verification of, natural healing substances found within the plant kingdom.
9780792275862 (hbk.) : £20.00 079227587X (dlx.)
99089037
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Plants--Therapeutic use
Medicinal plants.
Pharmacognosy.
Alternative medicine.
Botany & plant sciences
Traditional medicine & herbal remedies
Pharmacology
Health and Wellbeing.
Plants, Medicinal--therapeutic use--Atlases
Alternative Medicine--Atlases
Medicine, Herbal--Atlases
Plants--therapeutic use--Atlases
RS164 / .S947 2000
615.32 SWE