An Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants of East Africa

An Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants of East Africa describes 136 plant species used in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Dharani, Najma; Yenesew, Abiy
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978-1-77-584787-8
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Title: An Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants of East Africa
Authors: Najma Dharani; Abiy Yenesew
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Imprint: Struik Nature
Cape Town, South Africa 2022
ISBN 9781775847878 / ISBN 978-1-77-584787-8
Softcover, 15 x 21 cm, 312 pages, throughout colour photos

About: An Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants of East Africa

The use of plants for treating diseases is as old as civilisation itself and plants are still the foundation of most health care systems around the world. An Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants of East Africa is the first such guide to showcase healing plant species in everyday use in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Comprehensive accounts describe each plant's appearance, ecology and specific medicinal uses, and there are recipes for remedies to treat a wide range of ailments. Each section concludes with an easy-to-understand summary of the science behind the treatments. Supplementary material includes a useful summary of common ailments and the plants prescribed to treat them, together with glossaries and reference lists for further reading.

Content: An Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants of East Africa

Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
The medicinal virtues of plants
Conservation of medicinal plants
Phytochemistry - the active principles of plants
Herbal medicine preparations
About this book
SPECIES ACCOUNTS
REFERENCES

Medicinal uses
Pharmacology & chemistry
GLOSSARIES
Medical terms
Botanical terms
APPENDICES
List of East African languages & abbreviations
Checklist of ailments & prescribed plants
Photographic credits
INDEXES
Scientific names
English common names