1. Edition - October 2010
349.- Euro
2010. XIV, 1282 Pages, 2 Volumes, Hardcover
900 Fig.
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32226-4
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32226-8 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






Content

Sample Chapter

Index



Short description
This essential, A-Z, 2-volume reference covers the medicinal applications and descriptions of the top 300 herbs from traditional Chinese medicine, supported by chemical, pharmacological, and toxicological data on the active ingredients.

From the contents
The book is divided into 231 monographs describing ca. 300 significant Chinese Medicinal Plants, in alphabetical order.

Each monograph contains:
- botanical information
- medicinal application
- chemistry, incl. chemical structures of chemical - constituents
- pharmacology
- toxicology
- references, including previously untapped Chinese sources

Contains an appendix with a listing of the complete Materia Medica of plant origin from the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.