Medicinal plants of the Philippines / Eduardo Quisumbing.

By: Quisumbing, Eduardo [author.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Quezon City: Katha Publishing Co., Inc., c1978Description: 1262 pagesSubject(s): Botany, Medical -- Philippines | Botany -- PhilippinesDDC classification: 638.88 Q6 1978
Contents:
Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Thallophyta -- Bryophyta -- Pteridophyta -- Spermathophyta -- Gymnospermae -- Angiospermae -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "This work is designed to provide a source for the intensive investigation of medicinal plants in the Philippines. Without asserting scientific validity on the medicinal properties of the plants, the book may be used as a guide in the selection of plants which, by empirical observation and actual experience of some people, have been found to be effective in the treatment of certain diseases. This book is thus a study of plants in the Philippines which are believed to posses some curative properties."--Book jacket.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book JHCSC - Dumingag Campus Library
REF 633.88 Q6 1976 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 18-071d
Book Book JHCSC - Main Campus Library
REF M 615.321 Q8 1978 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 7795m

"Updates some portions of the 1951 edition by additional information and emendations of entries."

Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Thallophyta -- Bryophyta -- Pteridophyta -- Spermathophyta -- Gymnospermae -- Angiospermae -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

"This work is designed to provide a source for the intensive investigation of medicinal plants in the Philippines. Without asserting scientific validity on the medicinal properties of the plants, the book may be used as a guide in the selection of plants which, by empirical observation and actual experience of some people, have been found to be effective in the treatment of certain diseases. This book is thus a study of plants in the Philippines which are believed to posses some curative properties."--Book jacket.

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