Nature's medicine : plants that heal / Joel L. Swerdlow ; photographs by Lynn Johnson.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2000.Description: 400 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 0792275861
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Manila Tytana Colleges Library CIRCULATION SECTION | CIR RS 164 S94 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 021472 |
Includes index.
Machine generated contents note: Preface: A Plant That Cures 6 -- Introduction: Chemicals From Plants 8 -- ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS TO THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE -- 1 Herbal Medicine of India and China 12 -- 2 Plants Begin to Serve the Four Humors 50 -- 3 Learning From the New World 68 -- THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE TO THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY -- 4 Modern Science -- Embraces Medicinal Plants 110 -- 5 Medicine Changes: -- Late 19th to Early 20th Century 158 -- 6 The 20th Century: -- A Limited Role for Plants 192 -- SHAPING THE FUTURE OF PLANT-BASED MEDICINE -- 7 Modern Medicine Keeps -- Trying to Use Plants 242 -- 8 Can Herbs Heal You? 288.
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