Desk reference to nature's medicine

Before formal science enabled a systematic approach to medicine, healers used plants to alleviate pain, ease the symptoms of diseases, and treat complaints of every kind. Today, people still use medicinal plants, in traditional roles or as building blocks for new research and innovative drugs. Featu...

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Main Author: Foster, Steven, 1957-
Other Authors: Johnson, Rebecca L.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2006.
Physical Description: 416 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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