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Handbook of African Medicinal Plants

Author : Maurice M. Iwu
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466571985
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of African Medicinal Plants written by Maurice M. Iwu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 50,000 distinct species in sub-Saharan Africa alone, the African continent is endowed with an enormous wealth of plant resources. While more than 25 percent of known species have been used for several centuries in traditional African medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases, Africa remains a minor player in the global natural

Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants

Author : Victor Kuete
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128004754
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants written by Victor Kuete and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants provides a detailed overview of toxicological studies relating to traditionally used medicinal plants in Africa, with special emphasis on the methodologies and tools used for data collection and interpretation. The book considers the physical parameters of these plants and their effect upon various areas of the body and human health, including chapters dedicated to genotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, cardiotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and specific organs and systems. Following this discussion of the effects of medicinal plants is a critical review of the guidelines and methods in use for toxicological research as well as the state of toxicology studies in Africa. With up-to-date research provided by a team of experts, Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants is an invaluable resource for researchers and students involved in pharmacology, toxicology, phytochemistry, medicine, pharmacognosy, and pharmaceutical biology. Offers a critical review of the methods used in toxicological survey of medicinal plants Provides up-to-date toxicological data on African medicinal plants and families Serves as a resource tool for students and scientists in the various areas of toxicology

Traditional Medicine

Author : Steven B. Kayne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traditional Medicine written by Steven B. Kayne and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Health Organization has acknowledged that the majority of people living in developing countries continue to use traditional medicine. Increased levels of immigration and migration also mean that health professionals are more likely to come into contact with patients using them. Traditional Medicine is therefore a vital and timely book which covers medical systems practised on five continents, including: * traditional European folk medicine* Aboriginal/traditional medicine in North America* traditional medicine in the Colombian Amazon Tropical forest* traditional medical practice in Africa* traditional Chinese medicine* Indian Ayurvedic medicine* Japanese Kampo medicine * Korean medicine* traditional medicines in the Pacific* traditional Jewish medicine.Each section, written by an acknowledged expert, gives information on history, philosophy, methods of practice, safety issues, evidence, and examples of medicines. Traditional Medicine will be a crucial resource for complementary and alternative practitioners and students worldwide and for healthcare providers working in a multicultural society enabling them to interact effectively with their patients.Steven B Kayne is Honorary Consultant Pharmacist at Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, School of Pharmacy, Glasgow, UK.

Traditional Medicine in Africa

Author : Isaac Sindiga
Publisher : East African Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traditional Medicine in Africa written by Isaac Sindiga and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inaccessibility of biomedicine to most of Africa's population because of escalating costs has necessitated a search for alternative ways of managing illnesses. Traditional medicine, which has always been practised in the indigenous cultures, is fast filling this therapeutic gap. This book is a collection of essays based on a multidisciplinary approach to traditional medicine in Africa. It has contributions from social scientists, natural resource experts, traditional medical practitioners, educationists, and medical scholars. It attempts to define the problems of traditional medicine in Africa, while also discussing the conceptual foundations of African ethnomedicine and medical pluralism.

Healing Traditions

Author : Karen Elizabeth Flint
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821418491
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Healing Traditions written by Karen Elizabeth Flint and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healing Traditions offers a historical perspective to the interactions between South Africa's traditional healers and biomedical practitioners. It provides an understanding that is vital for the development of medical strategies to effectively deal with South Africa's healthcare challenges.

African Folk Medicine

Author : Pascal James Imperato
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book African Folk Medicine written by Pascal James Imperato and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Traditional Medicine

Author : Philemon Omerenma Amanze
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1467000132
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book African Traditional Medicine written by Philemon Omerenma Amanze and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AMONG SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS: ? Revealed that African traditional medicine could be used in the explicable or inexplicable form. ? Examined the veracity of the claim that the practice and use of African traditional medicine amounted to idolatry, ? Identified the patterns and extent of the practice and use of traditional medicine among the Seventh-day Adventists in particular and Christians in general, ? Analyzed the social, economic and spiritual impacts of the practice and use of traditional medicine on Seventh-day Adventists and other Christians. ? Discussed the interplay between African traditional medical practices and Western medical practices in the health care delivery system of the Seventh-day Adventists. ? Discovered that Seventh-day Adventists use the explicable form of African traditional medicine to meet their health needs because it was affordable, available and effective to meet their health needs. ? Demonstrated that using the explicable form of African traditional medicine to meet the health needs of Seventh-day Adventists is supported by the Bible and Ellen G. White, who said among other things that: God has caused to grow out of the ground, herbs for the use of man, and if we understand the nature of these roots and herbs, and make a right use of them, there would not be a necessity of running to the doctor so frequently, and people would be in much better health than they are today. (Selected Messages, bk. 2, pp. 297-298)

Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Author : Cengiz Mordeniz
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1789841836
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Traditional and Complementary Medicine written by Cengiz Mordeniz and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern medicine has reached a point where the patient is not treated as a biopsychosocial-spiritual being but rather is seen as a virtual identity consisting of laboratory findings and images. More focus is placed on relieving the symptoms instead of curing the disease. Mostly, patients are turned into lifetime medication-dependent individuals. New medicines are needed to overcome the side effects, complications, resistance, and intolerance caused by pharmacological and interventional therapies. In hopes of drug-free and painless alternative treatments with fewer complications, there has been a trend to revisit traditional methods that have been dismissed by modern medicine. Traditional medicine has to be reevaluated with modern scientific methods to complement and integrate with evidence-based modern medicine.

African Medicine

Author : Tariq M. Sawandi, Ph.d.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548073985
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book African Medicine written by Tariq M. Sawandi, Ph.d. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combination of West African Healing Wisdom, spirituality, and modern science, presents a self-care healing guide in which Concepts such as Orisha Energies form the basis for diagnosis and treatment of chronic illnesses that most frequently threatened balanced health. The Yoruba people, a tribe in West Africa, are considered to be the oldest herbalists on the planet. After living in ancient benin for a time, they settle in Egypt , bringing with them an herbal, dietary, and healing drum system dating back 75,000 Years BC. Dr. Tariq Sawandi presents Yoruba medicine as a comprehensive system of healthcare that heals the whole person, mind, body, and spirit. Chapters include the history, philosophy, methodology, and medicinal usage of African and Caribbean herbs, Roots, gemstones, and sound to heal cancer, sickle cell anemia, high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and other chronic diseases. This empowering book gives you many approaches to balanced health with easy-to-use charts, diagrams, and tables.

African Traditional Medicine

Author : Hans Dieter Neuwinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Traditional Medicine written by Hans Dieter Neuwinger and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the traditional knowledge and use of African medicinal plants. In total more than 5,400 plants from south of the Sahara to the Cape are listed and over 16,300 medicinal applications with plant part, details on method of preparation and dosage.

Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa

Author : Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004436421
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa written by Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Biomedical Hegemony and Democracy in South Africa Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta and Tabi Chama-James Tabenyang unpack the contentious South African government’s post-apartheid policy framework of the ‘‘return to tradition policy’’. The conjuncture between deep sociopolitical crises, witchcraft, the ravaging HIV/AIDS pandemic and the government’s initial reluctance to adopt antiretroviral therapy turned away desperate HIV/AIDS patients to traditional healers. Drawing on historical sources, policy documents and ethnographic interviews, Pemunta and Tabenyang convincingly demonstrate that despite biomedical hegemony, patients and members of their therapy-seeking group often shuttle between modern and traditional medicine, thereby making both systems of healthcare complementary rather than alternatives. They draw the attention of policy-makers to the need to be aware of ‘‘subaltern health narratives’’ in designing health policy.

African American Slave Medicine

Author : Herbert C. Covey
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739131273
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book African American Slave Medicine written by Herbert C. Covey and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African-American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African-American slaves medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Drawing upon ex-slave interviews conducted during the 1930s and 1940s bythe Works Project Administration (WPA), Dr. Herbert C. Covey inventories many of the herbal, plant, and non-plant remedies used by African-American folk practitioners during slavery. He demonstrates how active the slaves were in their own medical care and the important role faith played in the healing process. This book links each referenced plant or herb to modern scientific evidence to determine its actual worth and effects on the patients. Through his study, Dr. Covey unravels many of the complex social relationships found between the African-American slaves, Whites, folk practitioners, and patients. African-American Slave Medicine is a compelling and captivating read that will appeal to scholars of African-American history and those interestedin folk medicine.

Herbal Medicine

Author : Philip Builders
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1789847826
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Herbal Medicine written by Philip Builders and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbal medicine is a multidisciplinary compilation of topics in herbal medicine that are designed to enlighten all who have a stake in healthcare. In light of the current trends and popularity of herbal medicine, cultural/societal differences and perception, and the relationship with modern healthcare this book presents selected topics to ensure that necessary information on herbal medicine in healthcare is provided. Apart from clarifying certain important complexities and misconceptions on herbal medicine, a general overview of herbal medicine, uses of herbs in the management of diseases, plant secondary metabolites, analytical techniques, applications in stem cell research, use as leads for conventional drug compound development, and research and development of herbal medicines for healthcare are among the major discussions in this book.

The Professionalisation of African Medicine

Author : Murray Last
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042981612X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book The Professionalisation of African Medicine written by Murray Last and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1986, this book draws upon a range of authors to reflect wide interest in systematising traditional medicine, and to include material on significant instances of regulation or organisation. It was the first book to study the efforts of traditional healers and their newly formed professional associations and as such constitutes a pioneering collection of sources. Because of the changing position of traditional medicine it may well also be a unique record: before long what is described here will largely have disappeared.

The Professionalisation of African Medicine

Author : Murray Last
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429816111
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book The Professionalisation of African Medicine written by Murray Last and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1986, this book draws upon a range of authors to reflect wide interest in systematising traditional medicine, and to include material on significant instances of regulation or organisation. It was the first book to study the efforts of traditional healers and their newly formed professional associations and as such constitutes a pioneering collection of sources. Because of the changing position of traditional medicine it may well also be a unique record: before long what is described here will largely have disappeared.

Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition

Author : Maurice M. Iwu
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466571977
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition written by Maurice M. Iwu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 50,000 distinct species in sub-Saharan Africa alone, the African continent is endowed with an enormous wealth of plant resources. While more than 25 percent of known species have been used for several centuries in traditional African medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases, Africa remains a minor player in the global natural products market largely due to lack of practical information. This updated and expanded second edition of the Handbook of African Medicinal Plants provides a comprehensive review of more than 2,000 species of plants employed in indigenous African medicine, with full-color photographs and references from over 1,100 publications. The first part of the book contains a catalog of the plants used as ingredients for the preparation of traditional remedies, including their medicinal uses and the parts of the plant used. This is followed by a pharmacognostical profile of 170 of the major herbs, with a brief description of the diagnostic features of the leaves, flowers, and fruits and monographs with botanical names, common names, synonyms, African names, habitat and distribution, ethnomedicinal uses, chemical constituents, and reported pharmacological activity. The second part of the book provides an introduction to African traditional medicine, outlining African cosmology and beliefs as they relate to healing and the use of herbs, health foods, and medicinal plants. This book presents scientific documentation of the correlation between the observed folk use and demonstrable biological activity, as well as the characterized constituents of the plants.

African Herbal Pharmacopoeia

Author : Thomas Brendler
Publisher : Bernan Press(PA)
ISBN 13 : 9789990389098
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis African Herbal Pharmacopoeia by : Thomas Brendler

Download or read book African Herbal Pharmacopoeia written by Thomas Brendler and published by Bernan Press(PA). This book was released on 2010 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AfrHP) provides comprehensive, up to date botanical, commercial and phytochemical information on over fifty of the most important African medicinal plants. The technical data were made on plant samples sourced from across the continent. These monographs prepared by leading African scientists, have been reviewed by international experts. Additional data includes micro morphology of the plant material, distribution maps and TLC Chromatograms. These data are crucial for producers, collectors and traders in medicinal plants and extracts as well as researchers, manufacturers and practitioners. The scope, quality and standard of these herbal monographs are comparable to those prepared in Europe, North America and Asia. Whilst this is the very first edition, it is being proposed to proceed to a second edition, quickly, as more plant species will be covered.