Plants, health and healing : on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology /: on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.