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    <title>introduction to botanical medicines</title>
    <subTitle>history, science, uses, and dangers</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Al-Achi, Antoine</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1955-</namePart>
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    <place>
      <placeTerm type="text">Westport, Conn</placeTerm>
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    <publisher>Praeger Publishers</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2008</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xv, 188 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Botanical medicine use -- Botanicals with anticancer activity -- Botanicals for cardiovascular and circulatory system -- Topical applications: botanicals for skin disorders -- Botanicals for the endocrine system -- Gastrointestinal botanicals -- Botanicals for men's health -- Botanicals for women's health -- Botanicals for psychiatric disorders -- Antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral, and antiparasitic botanicals -- Natural remedies for pain control -- Herbal safety.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Antoine Al-Achi.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-184) and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Materia medica, Vegetable</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Herbs</topic>
    <topic>Therapeutic use</topic>
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  <subject authority="mesh">
    <topic>Phytotherapy</topic>
    <topic>methods</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="mesh">
    <topic>Plant Extracts</topic>
    <topic>pharmacology</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="mesh">
    <topic>Plants, Medicinal</topic>
    <topic>chemistry</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">RS164 .A363 2008</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="22">615.321</classification>
  <classification authority="nlm">WB 925 A316i 2008</classification>
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      <title>The Praeger series on contemporary health and living</title>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9780313350092</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">0313350094 (alk. paper)</identifier>
  <identifier type="lccn">2008019908</identifier>
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