Nina L. Etkin (ed.)

Plants and Indigenous Medicine and Diet

Biobehavioral Approaches
Herausgeber: Etkin, Nina L

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The aim of this volume is to promote a bio-behavioral focus for indigenous plant research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1986
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780913178027
• ISBN-10: 0913178020
• Artikelnr.: 37185088

Autorenporträt

NINA L. ETKIN is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include medical and nutritional anthropology, human biology, ethnomedicine, and biobehavioral implications of plant use in indigenous medicine and diet.

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO PLANT USE
PART TWO CRITERIA USED IN THE SELECTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
PART THREE PLANTS IN MEDICINAL AND DIETARY CONTEXTS
PART FOUR MEDICAL PANACEAS AND MISUNDERSTOOD PLANTS