Desk reference to nature's medicine / Steven Foster and Rebecca L. Johnson.

By:

Foster, Steven, 1957-

Contributor(s):

Johnson, Rebecca L

Material type:

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2006.Description: 416 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

0792236661 (hbk.)
9780792236665

Other title:

National Geographic desk reference to nature's medicine
Nature's medicine

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DDC classification:

615.321 22

LOC classification:

RS164 .F698 2006

NLM classification:

QV 766

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Summary: Before formal science enabled a systematic approach to medicine, healers used plants to alleviate pain, ease the symptoms of diseases, and treat complaints of every kind. Today, people still use medicinal plants, in traditional roles or as building blocks for new research and innovative drugs. Featuring 350 full-color photographs, botanical drawings, and maps, this book is based on the work of botanical experts and presents alphabetically arranged, illustrated entries for hundreds of plants. Each is described, with full details of its physical appearance and medicinal uses; its origins and geographic distribution, how it's harvested and used in conventional and alternative medicine, and a range map. There are also sidebars on everything from ancient folklore to the latest research.--From publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Before formal science enabled a systematic approach to medicine, healers used plants to alleviate pain, ease the symptoms of diseases, and treat complaints of every kind. Today, people still use medicinal plants, in traditional roles or as building blocks for new research and innovative drugs. Featuring 350 full-color photographs, botanical drawings, and maps, this book is based on the work of botanical experts and presents alphabetically arranged, illustrated entries for hundreds of plants. Each is described, with full details of its physical appearance and medicinal uses; its origins and geographic distribution, how it's harvested and used in conventional and alternative medicine, and a range map. There are also sidebars on everything from ancient folklore to the latest research.--From publisher description.

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