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Medical botany : plants affecting man's health / Walter H. Lewis, Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis.
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TextPublication details: New York : Wiley, c1977.Description: xv, 515 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 0471533203
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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 456-465.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Proprietary Registered and Trademark Names and Owners (p. ix)
- Preface (p. xv)
- Acknowledgements (p. xix)
- 1. Introduction (p. 1)
- 2. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (p. 11)
- Part I Injurious Plants
- 3. Internal Poisons (p. 21)
- 4. Immune System and Cell Modifiers (p. 97)
- 5. Allergies (p. 130)
- Part II Remedial Plants
- 6. Cancer (p. 163)
- 7. Musculoskeletal System (p. 238)
- 8. Peripheral Nervous System (p. 255)
- 9. Heart and Circulation (p. 268)
- 10. Metabolism (p. 310)
- 11. Sensory Organs: Eye and Ear (p. 368)
- 12. Oral Hygiene (p. 379)
- 13. Gastrointestinal Tract (p. 459)
- 14. Respiratory System (p. 486)
- 15. Urogenital System (p. 511)
- 16. Skin (p. 547)
- 17. Deterrents: Antibiotics, Antiseptics, Pesticides, and Herbicides (p. 576)
- 18. Panaceas, Adaptogens, and Tonics (p. 608)
- Part III Psychoactive Plants
- 19. Central Nervous System and Psychiatry (p. 631)
- 20. Stimulants (p. 670)
- 21. Hallucinogens (p. 688)
- 22. Depressants (p. 717)
- Appendix A Outline Classification of Plants (p. 733)
- Appendix B Bibliography of Traditional and Herbal Medicine and Ethnobotany (p. 738)
- Glossary (p. 749)
- Index (p. 767)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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 GardenP.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.