Medical Microbiology, 4th ed. The online version of a well-known textbook. Additional herb-related resources may be found under Alternative Medicine. This major work on ethnobotany opens with a chapter on ethnohistory. Other chapters address the names and actions of plants, illness treated with plants, and listings of medicinal plants.
Appendixes cover the topics of safety and pharmacologically active phytochemicals.
This book contains solid, scientific information about 181 herbal drugs common in pharmaceutical practics and their constituents, indications, herbal teas, authentication, and references to the corresponding pharmaceuticals. The book contains extensive listings and descriptions of synonyms and plant origins. An ethnobotanical research report on the plants and vegetables used by the Indians of North America for medical purposes. Entries are listed by genera, indications, family, and cultures. The council's goal is to educate the public on the use of herbs and phytomedicinals.