Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern Times
About the Book Series
The Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern Times series reports on current developments and discusses key topics relevant to interdisciplinary health sciences research by ethnobiologists, taxonomists, conservationists, agronomists, chemists, clinicians, and toxicologists. The series is relevant to all these scientists and helps them guide business, government agencies, and commerce in the complexities of these matters.
Healing Plants of Nigeria: Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications
1st Edition
By Anselm Adodo, Maurice M. Iwu
January 24, 2022
Healing Plants of Nigeria: Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications offers comprehensive information on the use of herbal medicines in West Africa. Combining an evidence-based, ethnobotanical perspective with a pharmacological and pharmaceutical approach to phytomedicine, the book bridges the gap...
Australian Native Plants: Cultivation and Uses in the Health and Food Industries
1st Edition
Edited
By Yasmina Sultanbawa, Fazal Sultanbawa
June 30, 2021
Australian Native Plants: Cultivation and Uses in the Health and Food Industries provides a comprehensive overview of native food crops commercially grown in Australia that possess nutritional and health properties largely unknown on a global basis. These native foods have been consumed ...
Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Prostate Cancer: A Comprehensive Approach
1st Edition
Edited
By K. B. Harikumar
June 30, 2021
Recent global cancer statistical data has clearly indicated that prostate cancer is currently the second most frequently diagnosed cancer (at 15% of all male cancers) and globally the sixth leading cause of cancer death in males. This book is a summary of prostate cancer, covering its incidence, ...
Harmal: The Genus Peganum
1st Edition
By Ephraim Shmaya Lansky, Shifra Lansky, Helena Maaria Paavilainen
June 30, 2021
Harmal: The Genus Peganum is an in-depth treatment of one of the most commanding plants in the botanical kingdom. Humble in appearance, modest in its needs, Peganum harmala has been venerated for millennia as a Deity-manifesting entheogen and a powerful medicine. This book traverses harmal’s ...
Medicinal Plants and Malaria: Applications, Trends, and Prospects
1st Edition
By Woon-Chien Teng, Ho Han Kiat, Rossarin Suwanarusk, Hwee-Ling Koh
June 30, 2021
Malaria is a potentially life-threatening disease that affects millions worldwide, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. The recent emergence and spread of multidrug resistance in parts of Southeast Asia prompts the urgent need for novel and effective therapy against the disease. Medicinal Plants and ...
The Genus Syzygium: Syzygium cumini and Other Underutilized Species
1st Edition
Edited
By K. N. Nair
June 30, 2021
Syzygium is a well-known source of the globally traded clove as well as the widely cultivated jambolan, water apple, rose apple, wax apple, mountain apple, and several other underutilized species. These plants have multiple uses as edible fruits, medicine, spice, food colorants, and flavorings. The...
Bupleurum Species: Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Sheng-Li Pan
June 30, 2020
"The prominence of the Bupleurum species cannot be overstated. Across China and Japan, it serves as a main or supplementary ingredient in over two thirds of traditional medications. For over 2000 years, it has been used to treat fevers, intestinal maladies, malaria, and countless other afflictions....
Connecting Indian Wisdom and Western Science: Plant Usage for Nutrition and Health
1st Edition
Edited
By Luisella Verotta, Maria Pia Macchi, Padma Venkatasubramanian
October 23, 2019
A truly integrated collection of research, Connecting Indian Wisdom and Western Science: Plant Usage for Nutrition and Health compares Ayurvedic and Western conceptions of wellness, healthy lifestyle, and diet. Examining the phyto-pharmacological, phytochemical, clinical, ethnobotanical, ...
Caper: The Genus Capparis
1st Edition
By Ephraim Philip Lansky, Helena Maaria Paavilainen, Shifra Lansky
October 18, 2019
Caper: The Genus Capparis presents a pharmacognostic and ethnopharmacological exploration of the genus Capparis, emphasizing its medicinal potential. There is a long history of safe usage of Capparis parts both in diet and as plant drugs throughout the world, and the details of this usage are ...
Rhodiola rosea
1st Edition
Edited
By Alain Cuerrier, Kwesi Ampong-Nyarko
October 18, 2019
The genus Rhodiola (Family Crassulaceae) is indigenous to Northern Canada, Europe and Asia where its rhizomes and roots have been used for centuries for medicinal purposes. Recent interest in the species Rhodiola rosea (roseroot) in the West arose from the use of the rhizome as an adaptogen for the...
Juzen-taiho-to (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang): Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Haruki Yamada, Ikuo Saiki
September 25, 2019
Kampo is a traditional Japanese herbal medicine that takes a holistic approach to healing. Since Kampo is currently being used for the treatment of a wide range of diseases with many reports of clinical effectiveness, it is playing an increasingly important role in Japan's modern-day health care. ...
Traditional Medicinal Plants and Malaria
1st Edition
Edited
By Merlin Willcox, Gerard Bodeker, Philippe Rasoanaivo, Jonathan Addae-Kyereme
September 25, 2019
Malaria is an increasing worldwide threat, with more than three hundred million infections and one million deaths every year. The world’s poorest are the worst affected, and many treat themselves with traditional herbal medicines. These are often more available and affordable, and sometimes are ...