Healing Plants of Nigeria – Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications

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Healing Plants of Nigeria: Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications offers comprehensive information on the use of herbal medicines in West Africa.

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Healing Plants of Nigeria: Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications offers comprehensive information on the use of herbal medicines in West Africa. Combining an evidence-based, ethnobotanical perspective with a pharmacological and pharmaceutical approach to phytomedicine, the book bridges the gap between the study of herbal plants’ pharmacological properties and active compounds for the development of clinical drugs and community-oriented approaches, emphasising local use. It demonstrates how the framework of African traditional medicine can be preserved in a contemporary clinical context.

About Healing Plants of Nigeria: Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications

The book outlines the history and beliefs surrounding the traditional use of herbs by the local population alongside their application in contemporary phytotherapy in Nigeria and West Africa. It features a critical assessment of the scientific rationale behind the use of these plants in ethnomedicine and offers a composite catalogue of phytotherapeutic and wellness agents, detailing the safety profile, efficacy, and scientific integrity of plants used to treat diseases and optimise health.

Features of Healing Plants of Nigeria Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications

An ethnobotanical survey containing over 200 full-colour photographs of Nigerian and West African plants.
A unique combination of ethnobotany and pharmacognosy, bridging the divide between pharmaceutical and community-oriented approaches to herbal medicine research.
Contextual discussion of the therapeutic potential of Nigerian herbal medicine.
Offers a template which can be used to separate the superstitious aspects of ethnomedicine from culturally inherited deposits of knowledge.

A handbook for herbal and natural medicine practitioners, the book is aimed at African thinkers, scientists, healthcare providers and students of pharmacology and ethnomedicine.

Product details

Anselm Adodo (Author), Maurice M. Iwu (Author)
Publisher ‏ : ‎ CRC Press; 1st edition (24 Jan. 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 17, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 332 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1032248750
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1032248752

8.9Expert Score

This book's collection of medicinal plants and their uses is impressive and very detailed. The authors have gone great length to ensure the plants and fruits and vegetables are easy to locate and identified. It is also impressive how they point out commonly confused plants and how to differentiate them.

Pedigree of authors

9.3

Dept of description of medicinal uses of plants

9.6

Botanical naming of plants

8.1

Number volume of plants covered

9.4

Ease of Identification of medicinal plants

8.2

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