Medicinal Plants - 2 Volumes

by Manisha Tiwari and Vibha Tandon

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:
1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Aetheroleum Eucalypti
4. Aetheroleum Melaleucae alternifoliae
5. Aetheroleum menthae piperitae
6. Aloe
7. Aloe vera gel
8. Bulbus Allii cepae
9. Bulbus Allii sativi
10. Cortex cinnamomi
11. Cortex frangulae
12. Cortex pruni Africanae
13. Cortex Rhamni Purshiannae
14. Flos Calenduale
15. Flos caryophylli
16. Flos Chamomillae
17. Flos Sambuci
18. Folium cum flore crataegi
19. Folium et cortex hamamelidis
20. Folium eucalypti
21. Folium ginkgo
22. Folium melissae
23. Folium menthae piperitae
24. Folium ocimi sancti
25. Folium Sennae
26. Folium Uvae Ursi
27. Fructus bruceae
28. Fructus sennae
29. Fructus serenoae repentis
30. Fructus silybi mariae
31. Guidelines on good agricultural and collection practices for medicinal plants.
• Vol. II: 
1. Herba andrographidis
2. Herba centellae
3. Herba echinaceae purpureae
4. Herba ephedrae
5. Herba hyperici
6. Herba tanaceti parthenii
7. Herba thymi
8. Oleum Oenotherae biennis
9. Radix althaeae
10. Radix angelicae sinensis
11. Radix astragali
12. Radix bupleuri
13. Radix echinaceae
14. Radix Eleutherococci
15. Radix Ginseng
16. Radix Glycyrrhizae
17. Radix paeoniae
18. Radix platycodi
19. Radix rauwolfiae
20. Radix senegae
21. Radix urticae
22. Radix valerianae
23. Rhizoma cimicifugae racemosae
24. Rhizoma coptidis
25. Rbizoma curcumae longae
26. Rhizoma piperis methystici
27. Rhizoma Rhei
28. Semen hippocastani
29. Semen plantaginis
30. Bibliography
31. Index.