Book ID: 76048
Smet, Peter A. G. M. de
Herbs, Health & Healers. Africa as ethno- pharmacological Treasury. 1999. Many col. photographs. 180 p. 4to. Paper bd.
Chapter headings: Introd./ Health (Biomedical Burden, Native Images ofIllness, Biomedical Interpretations)/ Healers (Traditional Healers,Divination, Poison Ordeals, Spiritual Treatments, Magical Medicines,Preventive Measures, etc.)/ Intoxicants and Poisons ( Herbal Intoxicants, Alcoholic Drinks. Tobacco and Hemp, Non-Tobacco Stimulants,Hallucinogenic Plants, Poisons)/ Ethnopharmacological Outlook (WhatNature has to Offer, Crude Herbal Madicines, Benefit Sharing andConservation)/ Documentation (Glossary of Diseases, Glossary of PlantConstituents, Glossary of Pharmacological Effect, References).