Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Human Health
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 11 |
Injurious Plants | 19 |
Internal Poisons | 21 |
Immune System and Cell Modifiers | 97 |
Allergies | 130 |
Remedial Plants | 161 |
Cancer | 163 |
Gastrointestinal Tract | 459 |
Respiratory System | 486 |
Urogenital System | 511 |
Skin | 547 |
Antibiotics Antiseptics Pesticides and Herbicides | 576 |
Panaceas Adaptogens and Tonics | 608 |
Psychoactive Plants | 629 |
Stimulants | 670 |
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Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Human Health Walter H. Lewis,Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis Limited preview - 2003 |
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