New green pharmacy : the story of western herbal medicine / Barbara Griggs.
By: Griggs, Barbara
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BookPublisher: London : Vermilion, 1997Description: xiii, 434 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0091814618 .Subject(s): Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- HistoryDDC classification: 615.32109 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 615.32109 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00115999 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Providing a guide to the development of herbal medicine in the western world, this is a revised edition of a work first published in 1981. It contains basic information on modern herbal practice as well as historical details about the personalities who shaped its development. It discusses the conflict in the ranks of herbal practitioners and organizations, and looks at the growing volume of clinical research which is establishing the scientific credentials of herbal medicine. Information about ancient and modern miracle cures such as ginkgo biloba, aloe vera, saw palmetto and St John's wort is also included.
Previous ed.: published as Green pharmacy. London: Jill Norman & Hobhouse, 1981.
Bibliography: (pages 404-412) and index.
The medicine of mankind -- Medicine in transition -- The new disease and the new medicine -- The revolutionary -- The quacks\' charter -- \'All manner of minerals\' -- \'Galen or paracelsus?\' -- The seventeenth-century superwoman -- Indian physic -- \'Horrid electuaries\' -- \'Systematic slaughter\' -- The English practice -- The foxglove saga -- Heroic medicine -- Roots and herbs -- Botanic warfare -- The age of calomel -- \'Coffinism\' -- Dr Coffin versus Dr Skelton -- Fruitless medication -- Regulars and rivals -- Magic bullets -- Return to nature -- The price of miracles -- The french lesson -- Into Europe -- Phytomedicines -- \'The green people\' -- Burning the Library of Amazonia -- Herbal futures.
CIT Module BIOL 8006 - Core reading.