This work in two volumes provides the readers with some extraordinary details about medicinal plants not commonly available. The herbal medicines that are well-known around the world, their geographical distrution, botanical features, chemical constituents, medicinal use, posology, pharmacology adverse reactions of such medicines etc. are given in detail.
A comparison of traditional medicine with modern western medicine makes an interesting reading. The utility of herbal medicine has now become known to people worldwide and even developed countries have seen growing acceptance of them.
The work lays claim to become a valuable scientific reference tool for health authorities, scientists, pharmacists and also be of interest to general public.
Contents:
- Vol. I:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Aetheroleum Eucalypti
- Aetheroleum Melaleucae alternifoliae
- Aetheroleum menthae piperitae
- Aloe
- Aloe vera gel
- Bulbus Allii cepae
- Bulbus Allii sativi
- Cortex cinnamomi
- Cortex frangulae
- Cortex pruni Africanae
- Cortex Rhamni Purshiannae
- Flos Calenduale
- Flos caryophylli
- Flos Chamomillae
- Flos Sambuci
- Folium cum flore crataegi
- Folium et cortex hamamelidis
- Folium eucalypti
- Folium ginkgo
- Folium melissae
- Folium menthae piperitae
- Folium ocimi sancti
- Folium Sennae
- Folium Uvae Ursi
- Fructus bruceae
- Fructus sennae
- Fructus serenoae repentis
- Fructus silybi mariae
- Guidelines on good agricultural and collection practices for medicinal plants.
- Vol. II:
- Herba andrographidis
- Herba centellae
- Herba echinaceae purpureae
- Herba ephedrae
- Herba hyperici
- Herba tanaceti parthenii
- Herba thymi
- Oleum Oenotherae biennis
- Radix althaeae
- Radix angelicae sinensis
- Radix astragali
- Radix bupleuri
- Radix echinaceae
- Radix Eleutherococci
- Radix Ginseng
- Radix Glycyrrhizae
- Radix paeoniae
- Radix platycodi
- Radix rauwolfiae
- Radix senegae
- Radix urticae
- Radix valerianae
- Rhizoma cimicifugae racemosae
- Rhizoma coptidis
- Rbizoma curcumae longae
- Rhizoma piperis methystici
- Rhizoma Rhei
- Semen hippocastani
- Semen plantaginis
- Bibliography
- Index.
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