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As demonstrated by the hundreds of books on culinary herbs, spices, and spice blends currently on the market, the ancient art of seasoning is still popular and gaining momentum. Taking you on a journey into the fascinating world of spices, from foul-smelling asafetida to devilishly hot chilies, from sumptuous saffron to fragrant cinnamon, Medicinal Spices describes, from the perspective of a natural scientist, 300 plants and the spices that are obtained from them. The author presents 84 extensive monographs of culinary herbs, including details of their cultivation, production, constituents, sensoric properties, pharmacological actions, their potential toxicity, and their culinary and medicinal uses. Divided into two parts, the book begins with an overview of facts about herbs and spices that can be generalized and provides a better understanding of the specific monographs. The monograph section describes the most important culinary herbs and spices. More than 170 color illustrations and nearly 500 chemical structures round out the coverage, making this an essential resource for information on medicinal spices and their uses.

Brand from Japan: Shiseido. Give dry skin a plump, firm feeling with just one product. An all-in-one product for adults with seven functions (lotion, milky lotion, serum, massage, cream, pack, and makeup base).The dense gel penetrates smoothly into the depths of the stratum corneum. Reduces the appearance of fine lines caused by dryness.How to use: After washing your face, pump once onto the palm of your hand and gently spread over your entire face, blending in evenly. When you first start using it, press the pump several times until the contents come out. When there is little content left, place the bottle on a flat surface and press the pump to make it easier to dispense.

Brand from Japan: HEIM. Gives scalp moisture, improves hair growth environment and keeps beautiful hair.How to use:It is recommended to use it twice a day in the morning and at night.After shampooing and before styling.After shampoo, please use after drying scalp.

Brand from Japan: Tofu Moritaya. Tofu Moritaya's unique tofu formulation with a focus on a gentle feel that can be used even by those who think skin whitening cosmetics can be drying.It contains two active ingredients to suppress melanin production and prevent freckles and blotches.In addition to the ingredients in the Tamanokoshi series, isoflavone-containing plants, Japanese and Chinese botanicals, and fruit ingredients are also included to prevent skin dryness and provide support.Refreshing peach yogurt scent.How to use:After washing face and moistening with lukewarm water or lotion, apply a thick layer to the entire face, avoiding the eye and mouth area.Once spread over the face, leave it on for about 5 minutes. Wipe the pack with the palm of your hand to remove it lightly so that it can be easily rinsed off.Thoroughly rinse off any remaining pack on the face with water or lukewarm water.Then apply your usual care.

Brand from Japan: NALC. A medicated hand cream containing heparin-like substances.High moisturizing but not sticky.With the power of heparin, succeeded in balancing the two contradictory.Design you want to carry 持 ち Compact size, simple design you want to carry.When you feel that there is not enough moisture for your body and face.You can always moisturize your whole body.How to use:Take an appropriate amount and apply to your hands and body.

Brand from Japan: Aqua Aqua. This all-in-one cream that provides whitening care that leads to clear, fresh skin without cloudiness functions as a serum, lotion, cream, and pack in one.Contains arbutin, an active whitening ingredient, for full-fledged whitening care even as an all-in-one product.Contains 9 types of fruit and plant extracts for moisturized and comfortable skin.Support your busy daily life with the convenience of an all-in-one product.How to use:After washing your face, take an appropriate amount with a spatula and spread it over your entire face.

Hardcover. Medicinal herbs aren't just for traditional medicinal preparations, they are also a wonderful way to complement a healthy diet. The Medicinal Garden is the perfect guide to revitalising your health with ingredients you can grow and forage yourself.From edible treats to therapeutic remedies, unearth the healing potential of plants both wild and cultivated. This stylishly illustrated book features forty herb profiles and seven medicinal weeds ideal for foraging, plus instructions on how to set up and maintain a planted or container garden. You'll learn to discover the healing power of your very own medicinal garden with edible recipes for cakes, biscuits, salads, soups, teas and many more. The practical guide also features easy, natural remedies for your skin, gut, muscles, heart and mind with recipes for oils, tinctures, compresses, steams and washes for health and healing. The Illustrated Garden Series descriptionGardens are an endless supply of bounty. Many of our everyday needs can be met with a garden. This new series, referencing seasons rather than months, works with authors and illustrators to offer practical information in an original package on how to cultivate, grow, pick, treat, heal, observe, preserve and learn from the garden.Series includes:The Kitchen Garden (2022)The Preserving Garden (2023)The Medicinal Garden (2024)The Picking Garden (2025) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Materia Medica and Wildcrafting Ethics. The first medicinal plant guide for Texas! An introductory Materia Medica for Herbs, Herb Gardening, Wild Foraging, and Seasonal Information for Native, Weedy, and otherwise Useful Plants of Texas and the Deep South Vol 1. This book is self published and a labor of love.

This work is a highly accessible primer on the pharmacology, applications, and Chinese medical uses of over 20 commonly prescribed mycological medicinals. As such it admirably meets the needs of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine practitioners as well as a more general complementary medicine readership. The author makes full use of his versatile background in both Chinese medicine and biochemistry. Concise textual presentation, helpful overviews, and a good balance of research evidence with practical clinical applications are features that make this useful as well as absorbing reading.

Medicinal leech therapy has undergone a renaissance in recent years, both in terms of how well the effects of using leeches are understood,and in the discovery of new clinical applications that have resulted in remarkable outcomes. This timely book introduces the basic principles of using leeches in clinical practice, and clearly sets out the methodology and potential applications. Emphasis is given to those areas of medicine where scientific studies have already provided firm evidence of success -- treatment of arthrosis and pain is already benefiting from this highly effective therapy.Excellent instructions for the use of leeches cover the full spectrum of possible applications, while the encouraging new developments in research are also addressed. This valuable guide for physicians to this important therapy comes from the acknowledged experts in the field.

As the medicinal plant industry blooms into a billion dollar business, it reaches beyond collection, propagation, harvesting and sale of crude vegetal drugs into product formulation, packaging and dispensing of sophisticated phyto-pharmaceuticals and herbal preparations. The scientific study of these medicines and the systematic uplifting of the industry to preserve the ancient and serve the modern, is now a global challenge.The Medicinal Plant Industry puts together the various facets of this multi-disciplinary industry and its global interest. It discusses the dire need for developing countries to acquire technologies and techniques for programmed cultivation of medicinal plants. It addresses a wide variety of topics including the old philosophies, modern impact of traditional medicines, and methods of assessing the spontaneous flora for industrial utilization. It covers aspects of cultivation and climatic variations, biological assessment and formulation, process technologies, phytochemical research and information sources. The book reviews highly developed traditional medicine in China and India, and covers experiences in Africa and other continents.

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From the earliest Times mankind has used Plants in an attempt to cure Diseases and relieve Physical suffering. Primitive people in all ages have had some Knowledge of Medicinal plants, derived as a result of trial and error. These primitive attempts at Medicine were based on speculation and superstition. Most primitive people have believed that Disease was due to the presence of evil Spirits in the body and could be driven out only by the use of poisonous or disagreeable substances calculated to make the body an unpleasant place to remain in. The knowledge regarding the source and use of various products suitable for this Purpose was usually restricted to the medicine Men of the tribe. As Civilization progressed the early Physicians were guided more and more by their observations. In all the early civilizations there was much Interest in Drug plants. In India many Drugs were in use. There are Sanskrit writings in existence which tell of the methods of gathering and preparing drugs. Medicinal Plants is a comprehensive and scientifically accurate guide to the best-known and most important medicinal plants, including those of special commercial or historical interest. This book contains : - Medicinal Plants : An Introduction - Medicinal Plant and their Traditions - Health Matters in a Changing Community - Acquiring Herbal Knowledge - Herbs as Medical Intervention - Practice of Treating Ailments and Symptoms - Glossary The book will appeal to both lay persons and those with a Professional interest in medicinal plants. It is an Essential reference guide for health care professionals-doctors, nurses and especially pharmacists-or anyone with an interest in medicinal plants and their Uses

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Current discoveries and research into bioactive natural products Medicinal Chemistry of Bioactive Natural Products provides a much-needed survey of bioactive natural products and their applications in medicinal chemistry. This comprehensive reference features articles by some of the world's leading scientists in the field on discovery, structure elucidation, and elegant synthetic strategies--developed for natural products--with an emphasis on the structure activity relationship of bioactive natural products. The topics have been carefully chosen on the basis of relevance to current research and to importance as clinicially useful agents. Rather than attempting to be a comprehensive encyclopedia of bioactive natural products, Medicinal Chemistry of Bioactive Natural Products guides the reader to the key developments in the field. By providing not only practical detail but a historical perspective on the chemistry and biology of the compounds under consideration, the book serves as a handy resource for researchers in their own work developing pharmaceuticals, and as an inspiring introduction for young scientists to the dynamic field of bioactive natural products research. Enhanced by examples with updated research results, the discussion covers such topics as: * The chemistry and biology of epothilones * Vancomycin and other glycopeptide antibiotic derivates * Antitumor and other related activities of Taxol and its analogs * The antimalarial properties of the traditional Chinese medicine, Quinghaosu (artemisinin) * Huperzine A: A natural drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease * The medicinal chemistry of ginkgolides from Ginkgo biloba * Recent progress in Calophyllum coumarins as potent anti-HIV agents * Plant-derived anti-HIV agents and analogs * Chemical synthesis of annonaceous acetogenins and their structurally modified mimics

In this timely, informative and profusely illustrated manual, the author explains both traditional log-growing techniques and the latest enriched-substrate "space bag" technology for the cultivation of medicinal fungi. There is an extensive introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as well with its emphasis on prevention, harmony and balance - an area, where Shiitake and Reishi mushrooms in particular are rapidly gaining the recognition they deserve in the West.

Featuring detailed color photographs from the author's own garden for easy identification, a practical guide shows how to grow, prepare, and use a complete range of medicinal herbs in distillations, infusions, and poultices. Original. 15,000 first printing.