A Reference Guide to Medicinal Plants

ISBN: 9780822310198

出版社: Duke Univ Pr

出版年: 1997-12

页数: 560

定价: $ 37.23

装帧: Pap

内容简介

Reissued as a companion edition to "Trying to Give Ease: Tommie Bass and the Story of Herbal Medicine", this illustrated reference guide covers over 700 medicinal plants, of which more than 150 are readily obtainable in health-food stores and other outlets. Based on the Appalachian herbal practice of the late A. L. Tommie Bass, each account of a plant includes the herbalist's comment, an assessment of the plant's efficacy, and current information on its chemical constituents and pharmacological affects. Unlike most herbal guides, this is a comprehensive, fully documented reference work that interweaves scientific evaluation with folkloric use.