Handbook of medicinal herbs.

For 365 ("an herb a day") species of plants used in folk medicine with possible applications in Western biomedicine, the ethnobotanist author of the popular work, The Green Pharmacy , describes common plant uses, pharmacological properties, and toxicity relative to a borderline safe designation. Som

Catalog of Herbs. Table 1 - Medicinal Herbs: Toxicity Ranking and Pricelist. Table 2 - Toxins: Their Toxicity and Distribution in Plant Genera. Table 3 - Higher Plant Genera and Their Toxins. Table 4 - Pharmacologically Active Phyto-chemicals. Table 5 - Proximate Analyses of Conventional Plant Foods. References. List of Figures and Credits. Index.