Healing Herbal

Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Interest in traditional herbal remedies has never been greater, and as we all battle with the challenges of the hectic and technological modern world, escape can often be found in medicines from ancient and gentler times.The Healing Herbal is a beautiful work of reference featuring 100 plants and their influence on medicine through the ages, from ancient civilization to the present day. Authoritative and engaging text includes the very latest research on both traditional and more recently discovered herbal remedies.Cross-reference features identify a medical condition or ailment and the corresponding plant that may help provide an essential contribution to treatment. Each entry features botanical artwork of flora, leaves and seeds that form the basis of pharmaceutical drugs, from Adonis vernalis to Vinca minor.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-03-13
Mått:162 x 209 x 25 mm
Vikt:282 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Riverside Press
ISBN:9781917226035

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Dr Catherine Whitlock is a science writer with a BSc in Biological Sciences, a PhD in Immunology and a Diploma in Science Communication. Catherine writes on science, medicine and nature and is based in Kent, England. Her previous books include Meet Your Bacteria (Cassell) and Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World (Little, Brown).

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ForewordIntroductionSection One: Plant Directory An A-Z of 90 medicinal plants, by Latin name, with an additional 10 plants running as special feature spreads.Adonis vernalisAesculus hippocastanumAgrimonia supatoriaAmmi visagaAnabasis sphyllaAnamirta cocculusAnanas comosusAndrographis paniculataAnisodus tanguticusArdisia japonicaAreca catechuArtemisia maritmaArtemisia absinthiumAtropa belladonnaBerberis vulgarisBetula albaBougainvilleaBrassica nigraCamellia sinensisCamptotheca acuminataCannabis sativaCarica papayaCassiaCatharanthus roseusbotanicum medicinaleCentella asiaticaCephaelis ipecacuanhaChondodendron tomentosumCinchona ledgerianaCinnamomum camphoraCissampelos pareiraColchicum autumnaleConvallaria majalisCoptis japonicaCorydalis ambiguaCrotalaria sessilifloraCurcuma longaCynara scolymusCytisus scopariusDaphne genkwaDatura speciesDigenea simplexDigitalisDigitalis purpureaEphedra sinicaErythroxylum cocaFrazinus rhychophyllaGaultheria procumbensGlaucium flavumGlycyrrhiza glabraGossypium speciesHemsleya amabilisHydrangea macrophyllaHydrastis canadensisHyoscyamus nigerHypericum perforatumLarrea divaricataLobelia inflataLonchocarpus nicouLycoris squamigeraMentha speciesMucuna speciesNicotiana tabacumOctea glazioviiPapaver somniferumPausinystalia yohimbePhysostigma venenosumPilocarpus jaborandiPiper methysticumPodophyllum peltatumPotentilla fragarioidesQuisqualis indicaRauvolfia canescensRhododendron moleRorippa indicaSalix albaSanguinaria canadensisSilybum marianumSimarouba glaucaSophora pschycarpaStephania sinicaStevia rebaudianaStrophanthus gratusStrychnos nux-vomicaTabebuia speciesTaxus brevifoliaTheobroma cacaoThymus vulgarisTrichosanthes kirilowiiUrginea maritimaValeriana officinalisVeratrum albumVinca minorSection Two: Tables of Conditions Cross-reference tables that refer to specific ailments and the plants that help with treatmentGlossaryFurther ReadingIndexCredits