The natural history of medicinal plants /

Wild and cultivated plants have provided humans with cures for thousands of years. Aspirin, for example, the most widely used drug in the Western pharmacopoeia, was first isolated from willows to treat fever, pain, and inflammation. Today it is synthesized in the laboratory, and its use as an antico...

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Main Author:	Sumner, Judith
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Portland, Or. : Timber Press, c2000 Portland, Or. : ©2000 Portland, Or. : [2000]
Subjects:	Botany, Medical Medicinal plants Plants, Medicinal Herbal Medicine > history Herbal Medicine Phytotherapy > history

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