Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Man's Health

Although plant chemistry hasn't changed in the past 25 years, so much more has been learned in that time. This is a great book that covers the basic chemistry of medicinal plants and their effect on human physiology, however, it is time for this book to be updated.

I find that I refer to this book all the time. Medical Botany isn't a book for non-readers, not a kid's book by any means but it is very well-constructed, highly interesting, and chock full of information not easily found elsewhere. The authors of this book are considered by their peers in biology and botany to be THE medical botanists. They have spent many years in the jungles of Peru searching for new medicinal plants and few writers are better prepared for this than the Lewis's. Memory Elvin Lewis is a world-class microbiologist and her husband Walter H. Lewis is widely considered to be the world expert on pollen, allergy and plant connections. Mr. Lewis is also the senior botanist at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. I consider this to be one of the most valuable books I own and highly recommend it to anyone with a serious interest in botany, medicine, or both.

Medical Botany by the Lewis's is the book to read and own about medicinal plants. The authors are botanists of first order and have long been considered by many to be the world's experts on allergy and plants. For the person with a serious interest in the subject, this is a great book.