Agro-Techniques of Medicinal Plants

Description

Medicinal Plants or Medicinal herbs are essence of Traditional medicine practice. Treatment using herbs developed different parts of world in different names. Herbalism is the systematic study of medicinal herbs and its botany. Ethnomedicine is the study of traditional medicine. Researchers identify and separate various active chemicals in the medicinal plants. This invaluable book consisting of different chapters contributed every aspects related to the cultivation of medicinal plants. The book explains cultivation details of most trees, shrubs, climbers and herbs covering different species. Each plant species has been described with their common name, scientific name, family, importance, distribution, medicinal uses, botanical description, soil and climatic requirements and cultural practices. This book is a ready manual and information database for academia, exporters, extension workers, manufacturers, growers and general readers interested in medicinal plants. The professionals, teachers, folk healers, practitioners and medicinal plant growers are also likely to be benefited. The present book is aimed to create a combined collection of study material for professionals, researchers and students to understand agro-techniques of medicinal plants.