Chinese medicinal plants, herbal drugs and substitutes : an identification guide /

The product of fifteen years of collecting activity throughout China, this book offers the first comprehensive, botanically authoritative, and practical illustrated identification guide to Chinese medicinal plants and drugs and their substitutes. The herbal drugs included in the book are officially...

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Main Authors: Leon, Christine (Author), Lin, Yulin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Richmond, Surrey, UK : Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2017.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1842466305
9781842466308
9781842463871
184246387X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; How to use this book; CITES-listed species included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2015; Glossary of Medical Terms; Glossary of Plant Terms; Abbreviations; Drug Accounts; rhizomes, roots, tubers and bulbs; aerial parts and whole plants; stems and woods; stem-barks and root-barks; leaves; flowers and flower parts; fruits, seeds and other fruit parts; Bibliography; Index to plant and drug names; Index to Chinese and Pin Yin names; Index of indications (medical conditions treated)