Traditional medicinal sytems and threatened medicinal plants of Kumaun, Western Himalaya, India /

Traditional medicinal sytems and threatened medicinal plants of Kumaun, Western Himalaya, India /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bhatt, Deepika, 1985- author.
Imprint:	New Delhi : Indu Book Services Pvt. Ltd. (publishers & distributors), 2020.
Description:	xiv, 126 pages : illustrations (black and white and color), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Materia medica, Vegetable -- Kumaun Himalaya. Traditional medicine -- Kumaun Himalaya. Medicinal plants -- Kumaun Himalaya. Plants, Medicinal. Materia Medica. Medicine, Traditional. Materia medica, Vegetable. Medicinal plants. Traditional medicine. Asia -- Kumaun Himalaya.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13031425

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ISBN:	9789386754707 9386754703
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-118).
Summary:	"The traditional medicine is a sum total of knowledge or practices used in diagnosis, preventing or curing a physical, mental or social diseases. Practices of traditional medicines vary from country to country and from region to region and usually influenced by the factors such as culture, traditions, personal attitude and philosophy. The book "Traditional Medicinal Systems and Threatened Medicinal Plants of Kumaun, Western Himalaya, India" is a documentation of TMS of Kumaun along with 256 medicinal plants including 50 threatened plant species. The families and species are arranged in alphabetical order. The present book will be a interest of researchers, students, teachers, naturalist, conservationist, trackers, botanist, nature lovers and traditional practitioners etc." -- Back cover.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Assessment of traditional medicinal systems (TMS)
Ethno-medicinal plants
Threatened medicinal plants
Nativity and endemism of threatened medicinal plants
Glossary of medical terms.