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Medical Herb Book - by Elsa Johnson (Paperback)

Medical Herb Book - by  Elsa Johnson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Medicinal plants</strong> are <em>herbal organisms containing substances</em> that can <em>generate therapeutic benefits</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>According to data collected by <strong><em>the World Health Organization</em></strong>, plants provide the active ingredients and adjuvants used in 25% of existing medicines and over 7,000 medical compounds are derived from plants.</p><p><br></p><p>Medicinal plants: origins the use of herbal medicines dates <em>back as far as 1500 B.C.</em> when the ancient Egyptians used medicinal herbs such as myrrh, ivy and marjoram.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The first well-organized medical treatises</strong> on the benefits of plants, on the other hand, are due to the Greek <strong><em>Hippocrates</em></strong>, in the fifth century BC, who took up the recipes and findings of Heracles and Celsus, his predecessors.</p><p><br></p><p>The Romans, starting from the first century AD, promoted the cultivation of medical gardens, i.e. gardens <strong>dedicated to hosting medicinal plants</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The first pharmacopoeia, </strong> with precise recipes, also in relation to chemical compositions, is <strong><em>due to the Arab civilization that also promoted</em></strong> the use of tinctures and distillates.</p><p><br></p><p><em>For this reason</em> we have decided to propose a new "shortened" list focused <strong>on the 150 most used medical plants</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p><em>The criterion we have used</em> in our definition of "medicinal plants" includes: <strong><em>plants and shrubs, also with berries, edible flowers or with curative properties and roots.</em></strong></p>

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