Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the BibleCRC Press, 2007 M12 26 - 552 pages Readers have come to depend on Jim Duke's comprehensive handbooks for their ease of use and artful presentation of scientific information. Following the successful format of his other CRC handbooks, Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible contains 150 herbs listed alphabetically and by scientific name. Each entry provides illustrations of the plant, synonyms, notes, common names, activities, indications, dosages, downsides and interactions, natural history, and extracts. It includes Biblical quotes as well as comments on points of interest. |
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... Sore Throat (f, DEP, SUW, WO2); Spermatorrhea (f, KAB); Splenosis (f, JLH); Staphylococcus (f, ZUL), Stomachache (f ... sore throat (NAD). • Asian Indians take pulped leaves for diarrhea and dysentery, anally or orally (NAD) ...
... Sore Throat (f, DEP, SUW, WO2); Spermatorrhea (f, KAB); Splenosis (f, JLH); Staphylococcus (f, ZUL), Stomachache (f ... sore throat (NAD). • Asian Indians take pulped leaves for diarrhea and dysentery, anally or orally (NAD) ...
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ACTIVITIES Anthelmintic Antiinflammatory Antioxidant Antiseptic aphrodisiac Arab Asian Indians Astringent bark Beng biblical boiled Bronchosis Cancer Cancer f China CommoN Names Cough f decoction Dermatosis f diarrhea Diuretic Diuretic f dosages dowNsides Dutch Dyspepsia Dysuria eaten Emmenagogue Enterosis f extraCts Fever f flowers FNFF fruit garlic Gastrosis f Hemorrhoid Hepatosis f herb Hindi India Induration f Inflammation Inhibitor Iran juice leaf leaves Lebanese Malaya myrrh Nepal Nephrosis Numbers Ophthalmia plant Rheumatism f root Sanskrit seed Sore f Sore Throat species Splenosis Splenosis f Syria Tonic f tree Tumor Vulnerary Wound f Zohary
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