Outreach No. 66 - Drugs Part 3: Herbal Medicine (New York University - TVE - UNEP

Outreach No. 66 - Drugs Part 3: Herbal Medicine (New York University - TVE - UNEP - WWF, 40 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Articles on herbal medicines that have appeared in back issues of OUTREACH
		Contents
		Plants that kill can often cure (plus exercise)
		The effect of plant chemicals on animals
		A disappearing storehouse of medicinal plants
		The effect of plant chemicals on humans
		War on drugs: the tobacco connection
		Traditional herbal medicine and “modern” medicine
		Using local plants to treat intestinal worms
		Treating cuts and wounds
		Understanding medicinal plants teaching materials available from World Neighbors
		Traditional medicine to graduate
		Film: Jungle pharmacy
		Indigenous treatment for drug dependence in Thailand
		Identifying health-protecting customs
		A simple and effective cough syrup we can prepare at little cost from the plants we find around us
		Discovering the uses of medicinal plants in your neighbourhood
		Film and teaching suggestions - Herbal medicine: fact or fiction?
		Pills and potions
		Revival of traditional medicine in Amazonia
		Decode the drug
		Biodiversity and health
		Barefoot doctors
		How a rainforest in Western Samoa was saved