Medicinal Plants in the Republic of Korea: Information on 150 Commonly Used Medicinal Plants (Who Regional Publications, Western Pacific)

Presents concise monographs, accompanied by full-colour photographs, for the 150 plant species most commonly used for medicinal purposes in the Republic of Korea. In view of the country's long and successful history in the use of traditional medicines, the book aims to provide written and visual documentation of important plants and summarize their uses to treat ailments, protect against disease, or promote health. In so doing, the book also aims to encourage the wider use of Korea's medicinal plants and promote their conservation. Each plant species is covered according to a common format, which includes the scientific name of the plant, Korean name, English common name, parts used, and clinical uses in traditional Korean medicine. Also included are a detailed botanical description of the plant, its habitat and geographical distribution, followed by a summary of biological actions and chemical components as reported in the traditional medicine literature. The 150 full-colour photographs, included to facilitate identification of plants and plant parts used for medicinal purposes, were taken under natural conditions during the flowering or fruiting seasons. Retrieval of information is facilitated by the inclusion of indexes giving scientific names, the English common names, and the Korean plant names. frontmatter 1 toc 2 preface 5 acknowledgements 7 introduction 8 notice 9 medicinal plants 10 03 10 05 11 07 12 09 13 11 14 13 15 15 16 17 17 19 18 21 19 23 20 25 21 27 22 29 23 31 24 33 25 35 26 37 27 39 28 41 29 43 30 45 31 47 32 49 33 51 34 53 35 55 36 57 37 59 38 61 39 63 40 65 41 67 42 69 43 71 44 73 45 75 46 77 47 79 48 81 49 83 50 85 51 87 52 89 53 91 54 93 55 95 56 97 57 99 58 101 59 103 60 105 61 107 62 109 63 111 64 113 65 115 66 117 67 119 68 121 69 123 70 125 71 127 72 129 73 131 74 133 75 135 76 137 77 139 78 141 79 143 80 145 81 147 82 149 83 151 84 153 85 155 86 157 87 159 88 161 89 163 90 165 91 167 92 169 93 171 94 173 95 175 96 177 97 179 98 181 99 183 100 185 101 187 102 189 103 191 104 193 105 195 106 197 107 199 108 201 109 203 110 205 111 207 112 209 113 211 114 213 115 215 116 217 117 219 118 221 119 223 120 225 121 227 122 229 123 231 124 233 125 235 126 237 127 239 128 241 129 243 130 245 131 247 132 249 133 251 134 253 135 255 136 257 137 259 138 261 139 263 140 265 141 267 142 269 143 271 144 273 145 275 146 277 147 279 148 281 149 283 150 285 151 287 152 289 153 291 154 293 155 295 156 297 157 299 158 301 159 indexes 160 scientific names 160 english common names 164 korean plant names 170