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Herbal Food and Medicines in Sri Lanka / Dr. Seela Fernando.
LIBRA - Blank Collection RS164 .F47 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fernando, Seela.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herbs--Therapeutic use--Sri Lanka.
- Herbs.
- Medicine, Ayurvedic--Sri Lanka.
- Medicine, Ayurvedic.
- Medicinal plants--Sri Lanka.
- Medicinal plants.
- Plants--Sri Lanka.
- Plants.
- Herbal Medicine.
- Plants, Medicinal.
- Sri Lanka.
- Herbs--Therapeutic use.
- Medical Subjects:
- Herbal Medicine.
- Medicine, Ayurvedic.
- Plants, Medicinal.
- Sri Lanka.
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- [10], 127, [3] pages ; 23 cm
- Distribution:
- Colobmo : Exclusive Distributors for Sri Lanka Lake House Bookshop,
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Navrang, 1993.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Ayurveda
- Ayurveda in Sri Lanka
- 20th Century Researchers
- Decoctions, Peyavas and Kalkas
- Home Remedies at Your Doorstep
- Herbs at Your Doorstep
- Build Your Own Natural Pharmacy
- Revival of Herbal Remedies
- What Healing Plants Can Do
- Home Remedies can be Effective
- Herbs all the Year Round
- Simple Herbs with Many Uses
- The Use of Medicinal Herbs
- Medicinal Value of Ginger
- Indigestion-a Common Ailment
- Onions, Cure for Many Ailments
- Grow a "Karapincha" Tree
- Curative Value in Roadside Trees
- Curative Value of Tamarind
- Manifold Uses of Erabadu
- Margosa as an Anti-pollutant
- Fig Tree: Many Uses and Long History
- Timbiri has Antiseptic Properties
- Fruits as Medicine
- Curative Value of Fruits
- Curative Value of the Bli Tree
- Jak is Nutritious
- Medicinal Properties of Wood Apple
- Flowers that Heal
- Oleander: a Medicine and a Tanning Agent
- Plants for Health and Beauty
- Plants as Beauty Aids
- Herbal Pillows
- Herbal Wines and Beverages
- Herbal Tea
- Water as a Healer
- Care of Mother and Child
- Kola Kanda.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Traditional herbal food and medicines in Sri Lanka. Colombo : National NGO Council of Sri Lanka, 1982.
- Includes bibliographical references (page [119]) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
- Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.
- Kislak copy has photocopy of cartoon laid in.
- ISBN:
- 9788170131205
- 8170131200
- OCLC:
- 32509451
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