Healing Herbs for Child Health Care

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This treatise, the most comprehensive publication and only of its kind available, is timely and presents a kaleidoscopic picture of our 800 promising plant species belonging to 568 genera under 163 families for management of overall child health care in the country, covering details of nomenclature, English, Hindi and Sanskrit names, Distribution, Reproductive cycle, part/s used, Folk uses and the original source of information. Presented in a jargon-free style, the textural matter has been well illustrated with 8 figures, 4 tables, 8 appendices and 60 photographs which are an added attraction. The information contained would be an invaluable asset for the students, researchers, teachers and scientists in traditional Universities, economic botany, ethnobotany, phytomedicine, pharmacology, plant genetic resources, policy planners, health workers and medicinal industry in general to evolve safer and cheap substitutes for mitigating children ailments in world. No institutional and personal library should be without it.

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Indigenous people and plant based medicaments. 3. Current status of phytomedicines used for child health care. 4. Enumeration. 5. Healing herbs for child health care. Epilogue. Literature cited. Appendices.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S K Sood

Dr. S.K. Sood is Professor of Botany at the Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He obtained his M.Sc. (1974) and M. Phil. (1976) from Himachal Pradesh University and Ph.D. (1981) from Nagarjuna University, Guntur, specializing in Plant Systematics and Embryology. For his post-doctoral, he underwent specialized training in Ethnobotany. He has had a brilliant academic career followed by over 25 years of teaching and conducting research in Botany at Postgraduate as well as research levels. Dr. Sood has guided about 10 M. Phil and 12 Ph.D. students and published numerous research papers in various national and international journals. He has attended and participated in many seminars, workshops and conferences. He is also associated with many educational and research bodies in India and abroad. A prolific writer, his book Ethnobotany of Cold Desert Tribes of Lahoul-Spiti (N.W. Himalaya): Deep Publications, New Delhi, 2001, was widely acclaimed. His current major interests are in the theory and practice of systematics, flora of North-West Himalaya, ethnic tribes and conservation research.

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Title
Healing Herbs for Child Health Care
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
9789351243601
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vii+497p.,
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