Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases Second Edition (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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This work
follows the first edition of Medicinal
Plants of Barbados for the Treatment of Communicable and Non-communicable
Diseases which was published in 2014. This edition provides an update on
the sociocultural evolution and current knowledge of the use of medicinal
plants in Barbados. It also provides an updated local medicinal plant
formulary, and an in-depth scientific appraisal of their folklore uses by an
investigation of their bioactive constituents and the scientific validation of
these practices. Throughout the last decade, the scientific exploration of
medicinal plants became topical with the legislative framework for Medicinal
Cannabis being enabled in Barbados, the Caribbean and globally. The scientific
exploration of Cannabis has become a catalyst for investigating other medicinal
plants

which are
more accessible than Cannabis. This edition also outlines a practical guide
towards harvesting and exploring the scientific value of medicinal compounds
from medicinal plants in Barbados.

The second
edition builds upon the wealth of practices in edition 1 and reaffirms Barbados
as a

focal
point with an immense base in the practice of folklore botanical medicines in
the Eastern

Caribbean.
Consistent with the rest of the Caribbean region, the practice is criticized
due to the lack of knowledge about the empirical evidence supporting the use of
plants. The book acknowledges that the evidence may be preliminary in some
cases but supports the view that these folklore practices have some scientific
merit. The second edition attempts to close this gap even further than the
first edition by expanding the category of conditions for both communicable and
non-communicable diseases.