Plants, health and healing : on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology / edited by Elisabeth Hsu and Stephen Harris.
| Other author | Hsu, Elisabeth. |
| Other author | Harris, Stephen, 1966- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Berghahn Books, ©2010. |
| Description | 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Epistemologies of healing ; v. 6 Epistemologies of healing ; v. 6. ^A782368 |
| Contents | Plants in medical practice and common sense : on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology / Elisabeth Hsu -- Non-native plants and their medicinal uses / Stephen Harris -- Qing hao (Herba Artemisiae annuae) in the Chinese Materia medica / Elisabeth Hsu (in consultation with Frédéric Obringer) -- Shamanic plants and gender in the healing forest / Françoise Barbira Freedman -- Persons, plants and relations : treating childhood illness in a western Kenyan village / P. Wenzel Geissler and Ruth J. Prince -- East goes west : Ginkgo biloba and dementia / John Grimley Evans -- Medicinal, stimulant and ritual plant use : an ethnobotany of caffeine-containing plants / Caroline S. Weckerle, Verena Timbul and Philip Blumenshine. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010006692 |
| ISBN | 9781845450601 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1845450604 (hardback : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | GN476.73 .P6 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |