Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine

This Book Consists Of Cutting-Edge Materials Drawn From Diverse Authoritative Sources Which Are Sequentially Arranged Into A Multipurpose One-Stop Shop User-Friendly Text. It Is Divided Into Four Parts As Follows: . Part 1: Historical Overview Of Some Indigenous Medical Systems An Outline Of The Basic Concepts Of Pharmacognosy Ethnopharmacology Common Analytical Methods For Isolating And Characterising Phytochemicals And The Different Methods For Evaluating The Quality Purity And Biological And Pharmacological Activities Of Plant Extracts Part 2: Phytochemistry And Mode Of Action Of Major Plant Metabolites Part 3: Systems-Based Phytotherapeutics Discussion On How The Dysfunction Of The Main Systems Of The Human Body Can Be Treated With Herbal Remedies Part 4: 153 Monographs Of Some Medicinal Plants Commonly Used Around The World Including 63 On African Medicinal Plants. . This Book Therefore Demonstrates The Scrupulous Intellectual Nature Of Herbalism Depicting It As A Scientific Discipline In Its Own Right.