Botanicum Medicinale

Download or read book Botanicum Medicinale written by Catherine Whitlock and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated, informative, and engaging guide to 100 plants used for medicinal purposes. Remedies derived from plants are the world's oldest medicines. Used extensively in China, India, and many African countries, herbal medicine has become increasingly popular in the West along with other holistic and alternative therapies. Botanicum Medicinale offers a modern guide to 100 medicinal plants, featuring beautiful, full-color botanical illustrations and informative, engaging text. Each entry describes the plant's classification and habitat, traditional and current medicinal uses, and an interesting fact or two. Readers will learn, for example, that absinthe, the highly alcoholic, vividly green potable, was traditionally flavored with bitter wormwood (Artemesia absinthium); that cannabis may have been used by Queen Victoria for menstrual pain; and that willow bark contains a chemical similar to aspirin. Detailed and striking artwork depicts each plant. The entries are arranged alphabetically—from Adonis vernalis (a perennial in the buttercup family) to Vinca minor (also known as the common periwinkle). The 100 plants featured in the book all have a long history of medicinal use or are the subject of new medical research. Many treat a range of conditions, from insomnia to indigestion. Some plants are lovely enough to be in a bridal bouquet; others are considered weeds. Cross-reference features at the end of the book connect specific medical conditions and the plants used to treat them.

Download or read book The Cleveland Herbal, Botanical, and Horticultural Collections written by Holden Arboretum and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 970 rare books, dating from 1479 to 1830 and covering such categories as gardening, herbals, botanical books and landscape architecture are catalogued in this bibliography.

Download or read book The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics written by Jonathan Pereira and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Elements of materia medica and therapeutica. v.2 pt.2, 1854-57 written by Jonathan Pereira and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Including Notices of Most of the Medicinal Substances in Use in the Civilised World and Forming an Encyclopaedia of Materia Medica written by Jonathan Pereira and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Elements of materia medica and therapeutics v.1, 1852 written by Jonathan Pereira and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Book of Simples written by Henry Lewer and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1910 and edited by Henry Lewer, the introduction describes the manuscript source for this work as ""found in the library of a distinguished Wessex antiquary."" Covering a period of some fifty years, terminating about the middle of the eighteenth century, the work provides an interesting array of recipes for ""simples""--herbal remedies used both to prevent and cure common ailments.