Dr. James A. Duke is een vooraanstaand etnobotanicus wiens uitgebreide ervaring met planten, waaronder werk voor de Missouri Botanical Garden en het USDA, zijn diepe begrip van medicinale flora heeft gevormd. Zijn passie voor botanische kennis leidde hem tot het creëren van een uitgebreide online database, die een onschatbare bron is geworden. Met meer dan drie dozijn boeken op zijn naam heeft Dr. Duke zich gevestigd als een toonaangevende autoriteit op het gebied van medicinale planten en deelt hij zijn expertise als gerespecteerd docent.
Offers data on over 800 of the world's most important medicinal plant species. This book contains species, phytochemicals, proven indications, folk indications, and dosage data. It contains more than 200 black and white illustrations. It also covers herbs from the African, Ayurvedic, Chinese,... číst celé
Anesthesia Secrets, a new addition to the extraordinarily popular Secrets series, includes questions asked on rounds, in the clinic, and at bedside. Basics of patient management, pharmacology, patient monitoring and procedures are covered.
Offers advice on herbal healing, includes an encyclopedic review of health conditions that herbal medicine can help, and discusses 180 herbs with information on dosages, food and drug interactions, benefits, and side effects.
Identifies some of the most powerful healing foods on earth. This book reveals how to beat high cholesterol with blueberries, combat hot flashes with black beans, bash blood sugar spikes with almonds, or help relieve agonizing back pain with pineapple.
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From a top world authority, the ultimate guide to using herbs to cure and prevent disease.
In 1971, an international panel convened to discuss underutilized tropical legumes, leading to the creation of concise write-ups on 1,000 economic plants, including 146 legume species. Dr. C. F. Reed conducted literature searches and prepared drafts, which were presented at the International Legume Conference in 1978. The project aimed to address public inquiries about legumes and has since evolved with a computerized system to keep the information updated, enhancing the utility of the write-ups beyond mere bibliographic references.
Originally published: Farmingdale, NY: Urban Books, 2020.