Medicinal Plants of the World

Medicinal Plants of the World is a comprehensive and scientifically accurate guide to the best-known and most important medicinal plants. The book includes descriptions of more than 300 medicinal plants and their close relatives. Each entry gives a short summary with a description of the plant, the geographical origin, therapeutic category, historical and modern uses, active ingredients, and pharmacological effects. More than 500 full-color photographs assist in the identification of the plants. It is an essential reference guide for health care professionals — doctors, nurses, and especially pharmacists — or anyone with an interest in medicinal plants and their uses.

• Author
• Ben-Erik van Wyk, Michael Wink

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 480

• Publisher
• Timber Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780881926026

• Genres
• reference, plants, medicine

• Release date
• 2004