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

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

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