This is a great book if you wish to find photographs of rare or unusual herbs. Included is a comprehensive and scientifically accurate guide to the best-known and most important medicinal plants, including those of special commercial or historical interest. The book aims to conceptualise this rapidly expanding field of study.

Features

• More than 800 full-colour photographs that will assist in the identification of the plants and related or similar plants.
• Descriptions of more than 320 medicinal plants and their close relatives. Each entry gives a short summary with the following information: a description of the plant, its geographical origin, therapeutic category, historical and modern uses, active ingredients and pharmacological effects.
• Introductory chapters on various healing cultures of the world, general concepts, common ailments and their treatment with modern phytomedicines and traditional remedies, the study of active compounds and their pharmacological effects.
• A quick guide and checklist of 900 of the most important and well known medicinal plants of the world, listed according to botanical name but giving the common names, family name, region of origin, therapeutic category and plant parts uses. Also included is a glossary of medical and related terms and a list of further reading.