1st Edition

Plants and Indigenous Medicine and Diet Biobehavioral Approaches

Edited By Nina L. Etkin Copyright 1986

    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.