Healing with plants in the American and Mexican West
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書誌事項
Healing with plants in the American and Mexican West
University of Arizona Press, c1996
- : cloth
- : paper
大学図書館所蔵 全3件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
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  フランス
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-306]) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Disenchanted with biomedicine and dismayed by its cost, increasing numbers of people are seeking alternative therapies such as the healing plants discussed in this book. Plant medicine is a billion-dollar business: health food stores, small yerberias, and even giant grocery store chains carry hundreds of medicinal herbs. By one estimate, up to one-third of the U.S. population uses alternative medicine generally in addition to conventional therapy and commonly without telling their doctors. The heart of this volume is a complete description of 100 plants commonly used today, often for the same purposes reported by chroniclers of the Aztecs or eighteenth-century European explorers. Information for each plant includes botanical and common plant names, history, contemporary uses, a description of how the plant is prepared and administered, and brief phytochemical data. Discussions of folk efficacy and folk properties beliefs in how and why the herb heals help to explain the continued use of each plant into the present day. Are any of these plants dangerous, and do any of them really work? Where did they come from, and where are they available now? How can health-care practitioners gain the confidence of their patients to learn whether they are using alternative medicines for specific illnesses, symptoms, or injuries? Perhaps most intriguing, which of these plants might be waiting to take the place of known antibiotics as pathological organisms become increasingly resistant to modern miracle drugs? Answers to these and other questions will pique the interest of general readers and will be an invaluable resource for health-care providers especially nurses and other primary-care providers, who often must find an interface between biomedical and more traditional therapies. For all readers, the book opens a window into many ethnic cultures of the region Mexican American communities, desert Pima, coastal Seri, and others. Here is the fascinating saga of how their healing plants from prehistoric times melded with Old World herbs brought by the Europeans to create the unique pharmacopoeia available today here and in other parts of the world. Plants included:-Acacia (Cassie, Acacia)-Achillea (Yarrow)-Agastache (Giant Hyssop)-Agave (Century Plant)-Allium (Garlic, Onion)-Aloe (Aloe)-Ambrosia (Ragweed)-Anemopsis (Yerba Mansa)-Arctostaphylos (Bearberry, Uva Ursi)-Argemone (Prickly Poppy)-Aristolochia (Bithwort, Snakeroot)-Arracacia (Arracacha)-Artemisia (Wormwood, Mugwort, Western Mugwort, Sagebrush)-Asclepias (Milkweed)-Baccharis (Desert Broom, Seep Willow)-Bocconia (Tree Celandine)-Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)-Bursera (Elephant Tree)-Caesalpinia (Mexican Bird-of-Paradise)-Cannabis (Marijuana)-Capsicum (Chili)-Carnegiea (Saguaro)-Casimiroa (Zapote)-Cassia (Senna)-Cereus (Cactus)-Chenopodium (Goosefoot, Wormseed)-Citrus (Lemon, Lime, Orange)-Datura (Jimson Weed)-Ephedra (Mormon Tea)-Equisetum (Horsetail)-Eryngium (Eryngo, Button Snakeroot)-Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus)-Euphorbia (Spurge)-Eysenhardtia (Kidneywood)-Gnaphalium (Everlasting, Cudweed)-Guaiacum (Lignum Vitae)-Guazuma (Guazuma)-Gutierrezia (Turpentine Bush)-Haematoxylon (Logwood)-Haplopappus (Jimmyweed)-Heterotheca (Telegraph Plant, Falso Arnica)-Hintonia (Copalqui??n )-Ibervillea (Coyote Melon)-Jacquinia (Jacquinia)-Jatropha (Limberbush)-Juniperus (Juniper)-Karwinskia (Coffeeberry)-Kohleria (Tree Gloxinia)-Krameria (Ratany)-Lantana (Lantana)-Larrea (Creosote Bush, Greasewood)-Ligusticum (Lovage)-Lippia (Oregano)-Lysiloma (Featherbush)-Malva (Mallow)-Mammillaria (Pincushion Cactus)-Mascagnia (Mascagnia)-Matricaria (Chamomile)-Mentha (Mint)-Nicotiana (Tobacco)-Ocimum (Basil)-Opuntia (Cholla, Prickly Pear)-Perezia (Perezia)-Persea (Avocado)-Phaseolus (Bean)-Phoradendron, Struthanthus, Loranthus (Mistletoe)-Physalis (Tomatillo)-Pinus (Pine)-Pithecellobium (Monkey Pod)-Plantago (Plantain)-Plumeria (Frangipani)-Populus (Cottonwood, Poplar)-Porophyllum (Odora)-Prosopis (Mesquite)-Psacalium (Indian-Plantain)-Punica (Pomegranate)-Quercus (Oak)-Randia (Randia)-Rhynchosia (Rosary Bean)-Ricinus (Castor Bean)-Rosa (Rose)-Rosmarinus (Rosemary)-Ruellia (Ruellia)-Rumex (Dock, Sorrel)-Ruta (Rue)-Salix (Willow)-Salvia (Sage)-Sambucus (Elder)-Senecio (Ragwort, Groundsel)-Simmondsia (Jojoba)-Smilax (Sarsaparilla)-Solanum (Nightshade, Horsenettle, Potato)-Sphaeralcea (Globe Mallow): Tagetes (Marigold): Tecoma (Trumpet Bush): Turnera (Damiana)-Valeriana (Valerian, Garden Heliotrope)-Vallesia (Vallesia)-Zea mays (Corn, Maize)-Zexmenia (Zexmenia)-Zornia (Snakeweed)-
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