World Herbal Encyclopedia [Volume-10]

Acharya Balkrishna · Divya Prakashan

English · Paperback

World Herbal Encyclopedia is conceptualized to address the current need for a centralized database of medicinal plants used all over the world for therapeutic purposes. Around 50,000 medicinal plants have been selected from different plant-based medicinal systems across the globe based on their high medicinal utility and geographical distribution. The World Herbal Encyclopedia series is composed of 109 volumes, in which initial 102 volumes provide information on medicinal plants from all the kingdoms in which plants have been arranged alphabetically from lower to higher plant groups such as Algae, Fungi, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms. Each volume provides a brief description of the plant, Etymology of its family, Etymology of its genus, Synonyms, Common English names, Vernacular names, Habitat and distribution, Botanical description, Therapeutic properties, Toxicological study, Medicinal uses, Parts used, Chemical constituents, Pharmacological profile, and such other scientific features. The volume number 103 lists all the plants’ annexures that hold medicinal utilities in some or other form. The next five volumes describe the history of plant-based medicinal systems practiced in different communities or ethnicities of the world. The Last volume number 109 presents the history of World Herbal Encyclopedia project itself. This book series also introducing the morphological identification of medicinal plants using their ‘Vedic names’ along with their original botanical illustrations.

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