HERBAL MEDICINE: AFRICAN HEALING PLANTS

HERBAL MEDICINE - AFRICAN HEALING PLANTS By Prof. Gilbert Ezengige This is a resource teaching, clinical and practical material for students and practitioners of Herbal, Holistic, Traditional, Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine. It covers key points on the harvesting of medicinal plants, herbal medicine production techniques, herbal medicine formulation, medicinal actions or properties of herbs of Nigerian and African Origin, the profile of selected medicinal plants, nutritional medicinal contents of herbs, study of plant chemicals (phytochemicals) and how they promote health, treatment of common diseases with herbs, specific plants /herbs for specific body organs and systems of the body etc. The author presents a useful resource material to get students as well as practitioners of herbal medicine advance a step further in their knowledge of chosen field. As a teacher of this form of healing art, he encountered numerous, ready-to-learn African students and was greatly endeared by their unequalled determination to excel in their chosen fields of study. This book is the fulfillment of their earnest request. Reading through this work will convince you that a fundamental book on herbal medicine is born. This book covers what students and practitioners in this field yearn for; a simplified, concise, educative and practical knowledge needed to complement the existing medical health care services. We present a useful resource material to get students as well as practitioners of herbal medicine in Africa especially, advance a step further in their knowledge of chosen field. As a teacher of this form of healing art, the author encountered numerous, ready-to-learn students and was greatly endeared by their unequalled determination to excel in their chosen fields of study in Nigeria and other African countries. This book is the fulfillment of their earnest request.