1st Edition
Plants and Indigenous Medicine and Diet Biobehavioral Approaches
Edited By Nina L. Etkin
Copyright 1986
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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The aim of this volume is to promote a bio-behavioral focus for indigenous plant research.
PART ONE THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO PLANT USE, PART TWO CRITERIA USED IN THE SELECTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS, PART THREE PLANTS IN MEDICINAL AND DIETARY CONTEXTS, PART FOUR MEDICAL PANACEAS AND MISUNDERSTOOD PLANTS
Biography
NINA L. ETKIN is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include medical and nutritional anthropology, human biology, ethnomedicine, and biobehavioral implications of plant use in indigenous medicine and diet.
