Medical Botany

Plants Affecting Human Health
2. Revised Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-471-62882-8
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 832 Seiten, Format (B × H): 194 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 1628 g

* Organized by body system and ailment makes it easy to locate appropriate therapies.
* Includes background on the physiology of major systems and ailments so readers can understand how and why a pharmaceutical, botanical, or dietary supplement works.
* Broad coverage includes green plants, fungi, and microorganisms.
* Includes extensive references and citations from both conventional and complimentary-alternative medical systems when natural products or their derivatives are involved.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, Walter H

Elvin-Lewis, Memory P F

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Phytotomie, Pflanzenmorphologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstbotanik, Baumbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläobotanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. Introduction.

2. Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

PART I: INJURIOUS PLANTS.

3. Internal Poisons.

4. Immune System and Cell Modifiers.

5. Allergies.

PART II: REMEDIAL PLANTS.

6. Cancer.

7. Musculoskeletal System.

8. Peripheral Nervous System.

9. Heart and Circulation.

10. Metabolism.

11. Sensory Organs: Eye and Ear.

12. Oral Hygiene.

13. Gastrointestinal Tract.

14. Respiratory System.

15. Urogenital System.

16. Skin.

17. Deterrents: Antibiotics, Antiseptics, Pesticides, and Herbicides.

18. Panaceas, Adaptogens, and Tonics.

PART III: PSYCHOACTIVE PLANTS.

19. Central Nervous System and Psychiatry.

20. Stimulants.

21. Hallucinogens.

22. Depressants.

Appendix A: Outline Classification of Plants.

Appendix B: Bibliography of Traditional and Herbal Medicine and Ethnobotany.

Glossary.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

WALTER H. LEWIS, PhD, DSc, is Professor Emeritus of Biology and University Research Ethnobotanist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also Senior Botanist at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
MEMORY P. F. ELVIN-LEWIS, PhD, DSc, is Professor of Biomedicine in Microbiology and Ethnobotany, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.