Orchids as Aphrodisiac, Medicine or Food

AvEng Soon Teoh

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Opening with an in-depth historical account of orchids (orchis Greek testicle), the author describes how the Theory of Signatures influenced ancient herbalists to regard terrestrial orchid tubers as aphrodisiacs.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-08-15
Mått:178 x 254 x 20 mm
Vikt:824 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:376
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030182571

Utforska kategorier

Växtböcker inom Djur och Natur
Botanik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Alternativ medicin och terapier inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Formerly a prize-winning author of scientific papers, Dr. Eng Soon Teoh, MD, FRCOG, FACS, has done equally well with his books for the general readership. He has been involved with orchids for over 50 years and is a past-president of the Orchid Society of South East Asia, Dr. Teoh spent many years doing laboratory research in London, Uppsala (Sweden), Miami and Singapore, places that gave him the opportunity to study orchids.He is author of a dozen books on orchids, lotus, medical topics, etc. " .. an astonishing book for its encyclopaedic coverage of the use of orchids in Asian herbal medicine. … it should remain the standard reference book on the subject for decades."Review of Eng Soon Teoh’s Medicinal Orchids of Asia (2016) by Henry Oakeley

Recensioner i media

“This is an excellent, properly referenced, scholarly, richly illustrated, beautiful, well-written, and enjoyable book, which should be of value and interest to orchid growers, medical scientists, and botanists in general.” (Joseph Arditti, Plant Science Bulletin, Vol. 66 (1), 2020)

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: Orchids as Medicine: A Historical Overview.- Chapter 2: An Ancient Fantasy – Salep as Aphrodisiac.- Chapter 3: Foremost Among Medicinal Orchids.- Chapter 4: Dwelling on Rocks (Shihu).- Chapter 5: METAMORPHOSIS: Modern medicine finds new uses for an ancient herb.- Chapter 6: Spiritual Tibetan Medicine; popular wangle.- Chapter 7: The Story of Vanilla.- Chapter 8: Modern Treasure Hunters.- Chapter 9: Medicinal Orchids of Central America.- Chapter 10: Medicinal Orchids of South America.- Chapter 11: Usage of Medicinal Orchids.- Chapter 12: INDIA: Van Rheede, Caius, and others.- Chapter 13: Medicinal Orchids of Nepal and Bhutan.- Chapter 14: Medicinal Orchids of Thailand and Myanmar.- Chapter 15: Medicinal Orchids in the Malay Archipelago.- Chapter 16: Australian Orchids as Food and Medicine.- Chapter 17: Medicinal Orchid Usage in Rural Africa.- Chapter 18: The Challenge: Orchid Conservation.