The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine: great book!
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The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine: great book!
The book's author,Mowrey, derives remedies for several mainstream ailments. Most if not all of these remedies are included in the current european pharmacopia and have been used for centuries. I sometimes referred to this book in teaching my Health Science class and while i practised as a chiropractor.
It's listed here: http://www.amazon.com/Scientific-Validation-Herbal-Medicine-Daniel/dp/0879835346
It's listed here: http://www.amazon.com/Scientific-Validation-Herbal-Medicine-Daniel/dp/0879835346
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Hey cool! That looks pretty interesting...
I took a medicinal plants course in college. We used a book the professor wrote (http://www.amazon.com/Medical-Botany-Af ... 000&sr=8-9).
It's meant for college instruction, so if you want to get into chemical names and modes of action, as well as lots of great stories, it's a great book.
I still remember his stories of people brewing tea from things they shouldn't (foxglove, yew) or seeing "mistletoe tea" in the nutrition store (which has a chemical that's a vasodialator... acts like cobra venom) complete with berries that were "extra potent."
And he also had a copy of a letter somebody had sent to the the FDA (I guess?) when they banned sassafras sale. Boy was that funny...
Okay, sorry to completely go off there... good memories!
I took a medicinal plants course in college. We used a book the professor wrote (http://www.amazon.com/Medical-Botany-Af ... 000&sr=8-9).
It's meant for college instruction, so if you want to get into chemical names and modes of action, as well as lots of great stories, it's a great book.
I still remember his stories of people brewing tea from things they shouldn't (foxglove, yew) or seeing "mistletoe tea" in the nutrition store (which has a chemical that's a vasodialator... acts like cobra venom) complete with berries that were "extra potent."
And he also had a copy of a letter somebody had sent to the the FDA (I guess?) when they banned sassafras sale. Boy was that funny...
Okay, sorry to completely go off there... good memories!
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