A Reference Guide to Medicinal Plants: Herbal Medicine Past and Present
by John K. Crellin
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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 show more pharmacological effects. Unlike most herbal guides, this is a comprehensive, fully documented reference work that interweaves scientific evaluation with folkloric use. show lessTags
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John K. Crellin is John Clinch Professor of the History of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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- Nonfiction, Reference, Science & Nature, Health & Wellness, History
- DDC/MDS
- 615.321 — Applied science & technology Medicine & health Pharmacology and therapeutics Organic drugs Drugs from plants and microorganisms Drugs from plants
- LCC
- RS164 .C83 — Medicine Pharmacy and materia medica Pharmacy and materia medica Materia medica Pharmacognosy. Pharmaceutical substances (Plant,
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