TITLE:
Nature's medicine : plants that heal / by Joel L. Swerdlow ; photographs by Lynn Johnson.
Publication Date:
2000
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society,
Physical Description:
400 p. : ill.
Summary:
For thousands of years -- indeed, for all of human history except for the past 50 to 70 years in Western societies -- plants have been our chief source of medicine. The fascinating story that unfolds in the pages of this book is much more than a catalog of natural cures. Equal parts scientific inquiry and cultural history, it's nothing less than a chronicle of the healer's art as it evolved from folk remedies to modern science.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780792275862
General Note:
"A chronicle of mankind's search for healing plants through the ages".
