Useful Plants of the Philippines

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Synopsis:

Useful plants of the Philippines: A Scientific Guide to Modern Botanical Medicine, Phytopharmacology, Phytotherapy, Economic Botany

The first volume of Useful Plants of the Philippines provides a different outlook on herbal medicine or Phytotherapy which could very well signal a new cycle of research on natural products to cure illnesses.

About the book:

This black and white book contains almost 100 different plants in the Philippines with their medicinal and chemical properties. The author writes for each plant their botanical description, plant parts used, ethnobotanical and ethnopharmaceutical applications, chemical composition and constituents, bioactivities, side effects and contraindications, and the medicinal preparation of the plant. It includes both native and non-native plants that are commonly used in Filipino herbal medicine. 

Published 2005/ 505 pages