书目名称 | Echinacea | 副标题 | Herbal Medicine with | 编辑 | Kelly Kindscher | 视频video | | 概述 | Provides a full history of Echinacea and its uses.Appeals to botanists, ethnobiologists, and plant scholars in these fields.Useful for classes in Ethnobotany, Economic Botany, and Conservation Biology | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | This book provides an in-depth analysis of one the of most popular medicinal plants—Echinacea a species that is native to only the US and Canada. There are nine Echinacea species and several roots and above-ground portions of these showy wildflowers have been used in herbal medicine as an immune stimulant and to reduce one’s chances of catching a cold. Considerable medical research supports these claims. The most popular species and the primary one wild-harvested is the one native to the Great Plains, Echinacea angustifolia. It has a long history of use, including being both historically and currently the most widely-used medicinal plant by any of the Great Plains Native Americans. The importance of this species is described by the editor with a few key contributors chosen to relate the important facets of the story of this interesting plant: Echinacea’s biology, ecology, medicinal uses, markets, production and harvest, along with population biology, legalprotections, ethnobotany, and history. The US Forest Service has expressed concern about the conservation status of Echinacea species on their lands, especially on the National Grasslands and National Forest units in the northern | 出版日期 | Book 2016 | 关键词 | Botany; Conservation Biology; Economic Botany; Ethnobotany; Plant Medicine | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18156-1 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-79246-0 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-18156-1 | copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 |
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