Book ID: 99353
Zawar, Sayed Nudrat
Medicinal Plants: A holistic approach. 2011. 11 col. pls. XVII, 600 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Gives a brief account of the contribution of all major civilizations to the development of medicinal systems, information on relevant personalities who helped shaping the system. This work also gives a compilation of herbals from the Mesopotamians until Renaissance period, thus providing an insight in medicinal practices of each period. Included are also monographs of 120 medicinal plants, with scientific data and traditional uses.