Handbook of poisonous and injurious plants / Lewis S. Nelson, Michael J. Balick ; foreword by Richard D. Shih ; introduction by Andrew Weil.
This third edition of the Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants is designed to assist the clinician in the initial response to the needs of a child or adult exposed to a poisonous or injurious plant. It highlights common and important plants that lead to the adverse effects upon exposure, and i...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York Botanical Garden : Springer,
[2020]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | This third edition of the Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants is designed to assist the clinician in the initial response to the needs of a child or adult exposed to a poisonous or injurious plant. It highlights common and important plants that lead to the adverse effects upon exposure, and it describes the mechanisms of action of the implicated toxin, clinical manifestations, and specific therapeutics, as available, for each. This truly comprehensive resource is botanically rigorous with insights from both the pharmacognosy and medical literature. At the same time, it is also for those who are interested in growing and enjoying the plants in their environment, filling in a not-often-discussed botanical and horticultural niche that goes beyond their beautiful physical appearance. Plants contain many useful chemicals that humans have used for millennia as botanical curatives. This book will help the reader understand the fine balance between a medication and a poison, which plants contain these natural substances, and their impact on the human body.--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 336 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 149398926X 9781493989263 1493989243 9781493989249 |