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Author:

Swerdlow, Joel L.

Title:

Nature's medicine : plants that heal / by Joel L. Swerdlow ; photographs by Lynn Johnson.

Publisher:

National Geographic Society,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

400 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Materia medica, Vegetable.
Medicinal plants.
Pharmacognosy.
Alternative medicine.
Plants--Therapeutic use.
Medicine, Herbal--Atlases.
Complementary Therapies--Atlases.
Phytotherapy--Atlases.
Farmacognosie.
Plantaardige geneesmiddelen.
Geneeskrachtige planten.

Notes:

Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-393) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780792275879 (dlx.)
079227587X (dlx.)
9780792275862 (reg.)
0792275861 (reg.)

LCCN:

99089037

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

7CPA413 -- Crystal Lake Public Library (Crystal Lake)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

ROPA397 -- Jamaica Public Library (Jamaica) — 615.32 SWE

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)