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BOTY 4000: Medicinal Plants and Herbs

This is a class guide for BOTY 4000. Instructor: Ryan Stanfield

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants

The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants

This is the essential encyclopedic guide to modern complementary medicine. Featuring more than 550 key herbs and their healing properties, this heavily illustrated book will appeal to everyone interested in the future of medicine and the power of self-healing.

Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses

Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses

A valuable resource for all libraries. -- Library Journal -- An RASD/ALA 1996 Outstanding Reference Sources -- Library Journal Best Reference Sources 1995

Medical Herbalism

Medical Herbalism

A foundational textbook on the scientific principles of therapeutic herbalism and their application in medicine * A complete handbook for the medical practitioner * Includes the most up-to-date information on preparations, dosage, and contraindications * By the author of The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal Medical Herbalism contains comprehensive information concerning the identification and use of medicinal plants by chemical structure and physiological effect, the art and science of making herbal medicine, the limitations and potential of viewing herbs chemically, and the challenge to current research paradigms posed by complex plant medicines. It also includes information on toxicology and contraindications, the issues involved in determining dosage and formulation types for an individual, guides to the different measurement systems and conversion tables, and the pros and cons of both industrial and traditional techniques. With additional sections devoted to the principles of green medicine, the history of Western Herbalism, the variety of other medical modalities using medicinal plants, an extensive resource directory, and a discussion of treatments organized by body system, Medical Herbalism is the comprehensive textbook all students and practitioners of clinical herbalism need to develop their healing practices.

 Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

This set of six volumes provides a systematic and standardized description of 23,033 chemical components isolated from 6,926 medicinal plants, collected from 5,535 books/articles published in Chinese and international journals. A chemical structure with stereo-chemistry bonds is provided for each chemical component, in addition to conventional information, such as Chinese and English names, physical and chemical properties. It includes a name list of medicinal plants from which the chemical component was isolated. Furthermore, abundant pharmacological data for nearly 8,000 chemical components are presented, including experimental method, experimental animal, cell type, quantitative data, as well as control compound data. The seven indexes allow for complete cross-indexing. Regardless whether one searches for the molecular formula of a compound, the pharmacological activity of a compound, or the English name of a plant, the information in the book can be retrieved in multiple ways.

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