Steven Foster, Yue Chongxi

Herbal Emissaries

Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West: A Guide to Gardening, Herbal Wisdom, and Well-Being

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Herbal Emissaries is the first collaboration between a Chinese scientist and an American herbalist, blending traditional wisdom from both cultures with scientific verification of the effectiveness of forty-four medicinal plants. The authors supply specific techniques for cultivating these Chinese herbs and flowers in Western gardens and explain their medicinal use.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• Original edition
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780892813490
• ISBN-10: 0892813490
• Artikelnr.: 22136852

Autorenporträt

Steven Foster (1957-2022) was the author of Echinacea: Nature's Immune Enhancer and coauthor of the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. An expert on the source plants of traditional Chinese medicine, Prof. Yue Chongxi (C.H. Yueh) has served since 1956 as pharmacognosist with the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing.

Inhaltsangabe

Herbal Emissaries
Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West
A Guide to gardening, herbal wisdom, and well-being
Preface
Introduction
Using Plants as Drugs in Traditional Chinese Medicine
How to Use This Book
A Note on the Transliteration of Chinese Names
1. Major Chinese Medicinal Herbs
2. Garden Flowers
3. Ornamental Shrubs
4. Ornamental and Unusual Trees
5. Weeds
Glossary
Bibliography
Useful Addresses
Plant Index
Subject Index