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The encyclopedia of medicinal plants

Author: Andrew Chevallier
Publisher: New York : DK Pub. ; Boston : Distributed by Houghton Mifflin, ©1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st American edView all editions and formats
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Based on the latest scientific research, The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants provides a fascinating insight into the chemistry of herbs and their healing properties, explaining how and why they work as medicines within the body. The major herbal traditions practiced in different regions of the world - Europe, India, China, Africa, Australia, and the Americas - are vividly described and reviewed from a historical  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Encyclopedias
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Chevallier, Andrew.
Encyclopedia of medicinal plants.
New York : DK Pub. ; Boston : Distributed by Houghton Mifflin, c1996
(OCoLC)622953148
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Andrew Chevallier
ISBN: 0789410672 9780789410672 0751303143 9780751303148 0078940672 9780078940675
OCLC Number: 34513394
Description: 336 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Contents: The development of herbal medicine --
Herbal traditions of the world --
Key medicinal plants --
Other medicinal plants --
Herbal remedies for home use.
Responsibility: Andrew Chevallier.

Abstract:

Based on the latest scientific research, The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants provides a fascinating insight into the chemistry of herbs and their healing properties, explaining how and why they work as medicines within the body. The major herbal traditions practiced in different regions of the world - Europe, India, China, Africa, Australia, and the Americas - are vividly described and reviewed from a historical perspective, revealing the intimate connection between the growth of herbal medicine and the culture in which it is used. A unique photographic index profiles more than 550 plants with detailed information on habitat and cultivation, parts used, active constituents, therapeutic properties, research, and traditional and current uses. The profiles of the 100 most commonly used plants also explain herbal preparations and give recommendations for self-treatment. A practical section outlines how to grow, harvest, and store medicinal plants. The easy-to-follow photographic guide shows how to make different types of remedies for home use, with expert guidance on the self-treatment of more than 60 common ailments.

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