Ethnobotany: Medicinal Plants

Akansha Singh, Mohammad Waseemul Islam, Akansha Singh, Mohammad Waseemul Islam

• Publisher: Delve Publishing
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781774690031
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Agronomy
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This book provides ethnobotanical data about the traditional uses of medicinal plants across the world. This book aims to analyze and evaluate the use of medicinal crops among different groups of people. The book mentions that medicinal plants can be used to treat various diseases, especially respiratory diseases and skin diseases. It discusses the importance of traditional usage of plants to treat and prevent some common and certain rare diseases. There are also medicinal uses of some local plant taxa reported. The book mentions that medicinal plants represent natural remedies for various diseases in indigenous communities. Phytotherapy still maintains an important role in the treatment of ailments in many areas.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• ABOUT THE EDITORS
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• List of Figures
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Health And Illness as a State Of Being Human
• Chapter 2 Preferred Habitats For Medicinal Plants
• Chapter 3 Therapeutic Characteristics of Plant Species
• Chapter 4 Medicinal Plants Used In The Treatment Of Cancer
• Chapter 5 Antidiabetic Plants
• Chapter 6 Potential Medicinal Plants Used In Hypertension
• Chapter 7 Women’s Knowledge Of Herbs Used In Reproduction
• Chapter 8 Medicinal Plants Used by Desert Habitants
• Chapter 9 Challenges And Future Prospects of Medicinal Plants
• Chapter 10 Conservation Strategies For Ethnomedicinal Plants
• References
• Index
• Back Cover