Chile pepper is used today as a flavoring, but Aztecs also applied it for toothache, sore throat, and asthma. The tonic properties of coffee have been recorded in Islamic pharmacopoeia since the eleventh century, and many peoples have..
Biblio. Langues : Anglais
Eating and healing – traditional food as medicine
The long-standing notion of food as medicine, medicine as food, can be traced back to Hippocrates. Eating and Healing: Traditional Food As Medicine is a global overview of wild and semi-domesticated foods and their use as medicine in..
Report of a Vegetables Network
Plant conservation – an ecosystem approach
A comprehensive guide to plant conservation for the layperson and professional * Addresses major aspects of contemporary plant conservation, covering sociological, economic, and taxonomic viewpoints * Explores case study material from around the world: Pakistan, Malaysia, Uganda, Ethiopia,..
Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Herbal Medicines
Reports the findings and recommendations of a working group convened to prepare guidelines for the use of herbal medicines in Western Pacific countries. Addressed to national health authorities, the report responds to the widespread use of herbal medicines..
Research Guidelines for evaluating the safety and efficacy of herbal medicines
These guidelines are intended to facilitate the work of research scientists and clinicians in the field of herbal medicine. They will also furnish some reference points for the various governmental, industrial and non-profit organizations involved in research and..
General guidelines for methodologies on research and evaluation of traditional medecine
During the last decade, use of traditional medicine has expanded globally and has gained popularity. It has not only continued to be used for primary health care of the poor in developing countries, but has also been used..
Plant identification – creating user-friendly field guides for biodiversity managment
In order to manage, use and conserve plants, we need to improve communication of useful information about them. For this, accurate identification using field guides is important. This book provides potential authors of field guides with an understanding..
Ethnobotany – Principles and Applications
Interest in ethnobotany has increased dramatically in recent years. The search for new medicines by the pharmaceutical industry has turned to plant natural products and to ethnobotanical studies as a first step in bioprospecting. These studies are making..
Incontri tra medicine – meetings between medicines
The many scientists that gathered in Genoa for the 3rd European colloquium on Ethnofarmacology and the 1st International Conference of Anthropology and History of Health and Disease (active in a variety of cultural areas, such as medicine, pharmacology,..