pharmacognosy

Discusses the history of the use of plants to heal disease, looks at how Western societies have reacted to natural medicines, and includes a catalog of over one hundred healing herbs.

Discusses the uses of plants as medicines and the role of government in protecting public health and doing research for new medical treatments.

Identifies medicinal plants and their natural habitats while also explaining how these plants are found and tested for medical value.

Discusses the marriage of natural products, indigenous wisdom, and biotechnology and details discoveries that are producing medical products such as painkillers, anticoagulants and antitumor agents.

A history of the scientific study of natural medicines and the regulation of these medicines, which covers such topics as early South American expeditions, vitamins, quinine, curare, hormones, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institutes of Health.

Discusses how we have learned from traditional healers around the world about the medicinal value of substances from nature.

Discusses the marriage of natural products, indigenous wisdom, and biotechnology and details discoveries that are producing medical products such as painkillers, anticoagulants and antitumor agents.

Describes, in simple language, with photos and illustrations, the science of plant life from the rain forest, and describes their powerful medicinal value.