Plants, health and healing : on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology /: on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology. (2010)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Plants, health and healing : on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology /: on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology. (2010)
- Main Title:
- Plants, health and healing : on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Elisabeth Hsu and Stephen Harris.
- Other Names:
- Hsu, Elisabeth
Harris, Stephen, 1966- - Contents:
- Introduction. Plants in Medical Practice and Common Sense: On the Interface of Ethnobotany and Medical Anthropology -- History: Editorial Introduction -- 1. Non-Native Plants and Their Medicinal Uses -- 2. Qing hao (Herba Artemisiae annuae) in the Chinese Materia Medica -- Anthropology: Editorial Introduction -- 3. Shamanic Plants and Gender in the Healing Forest -- 4. Persons, Plants and Relations: Treating Childhood Illness in a Western Kenyan Village -- Plant Portraits: Editorial Introduction -- 5. East goes West. Ginkgo biloba and Dementia -- 6. Medicinal, Stimulant and Ritual Plant Use: an Ethnobotany of Caffeine-Containing Plants -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Berghahn Books
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xi, 316 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 581.6/34
Ethnobotany
Medicinal plants
Botany, Medical
Medical anthropology
Botany, Medical
Ethnobotany
Medical anthropology
Medicinal plants
Botany
Science
Social Science
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
Botany, Medical
Ethnobotany
Medical anthropology
Medicinal plants
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781845458218
1845458214
9781282752887 - Related ISBNs:
- 128275288X
9781845450601
1845450604 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.151928
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