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Plants, health and healing : on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology /
Plants have cultural histories, as their applications change over time and with place. Some plant species have affected human cultures in profound ways, such as the stimulants tea and coffee from the Old World, or coca and quinine from South America. Even though medicinal plants have always attracte...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2010.
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| Colección: | Epistemologies of healing ;
v. 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. Plants in Medical Practice and Common Sense: On the Interface of Ethnobotany and Medical Anthropology
- History: Editorial Introduction
- 1. Non-Native Plants and Their Medicinal Uses
- 2. Qing hao (Herba Artemisiae annuae) in the Chinese Materia Medica
- Anthropology: Editorial Introduction
- 3. Shamanic Plants and Gender in the Healing Forest
- 4. Persons, Plants and Relations: Treating Childhood Illness in a Western Kenyan Village
- Plant Portraits: Editorial Introduction
- 5. East goes West. Ginkgo biloba and Dementia
- 6. Medicinal, Stimulant and Ritual Plant Use: an Ethnobotany of Caffeine-Containing Plants
- Notes on Contributors
- Index.