Nature's Medicine
Subtitle: A Chronicle of Mankind's Search for Healing Plants Through the Ages
Publisher: Natl Geographic Society; National Geographic Society
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780792275879
Subjects: Materia medica; Materia medica, Vegetable; Medical botany; Medicinal plants; Pharmacognosy; Medical
Description: Discusses the history of the use of plants to heal disease, looks at how Western societies have reacted to natural medicines, and includes a catalog of over one hundred healing herbs.