This new 2-volume set aims to share and preserve ethnic and
traditional knowledge of herbal medicine and treatments, while also
emphasizing the link between biodiversity, human nutrition, and
food security. Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal
Plants is divided into two volumes, with volume 1 focusing on the
traditional use of curative properties and treatment strategies of
medicinal plants, and volume 2 addressing the varied nutritional
and dietary benefits of medicinal plants and the practice of
Ayurveda. Both volumes stress the importance of bioresources for
human nutrition and nutraceuticals based on ethnic knowledge and
the need for efforts to protect biodiversity in many regions rich
with medicinal plants. Exploring the benefits of medicinal plants
in disease prevention, treatment, and management, Volume 1
discusses the traditional use of medicinal plants as promising
therapeutics for cancer, liver conditions, COVID-19, and other
human ailments. It examines the efficacy of Ayurvedic and Chinese
herbal medicine, Indian traditional medicine, and other ethnic
herbal practices used by indigenous peoples of Azerbaijan, South
America, Turkey, India, etc. A variety of plants are discussed, and
the ethnomedicinal applications of over 100 wild mushrooms for
their medicinal and healthcare purposes are elaborated on. While
volume 1 focuses primarily on natural plant resources for
addressing specific health issues, volume 2 looks at traditional
medicinal plant use for their nutritional and dietary benefits,
while also encouraging the preservation of biodiversity for healthy
and sustainable diets. The volume presents information on over 2200
vascular plant taxa from 127 families as well as many taxa from
leaf parts, fruits, underground parts, floral parts, seeds, and
more that have potential use as edible food plants. Ethnic
knowledge on the wild edible mushrooms is an emerging area, which
is unique and is dependent on the folk knowledge of tribals; this
volume discusses the unique nutritional attributes of wild edible
mushrooms (206 species belonging to 73 genera) in Southern India.
The authors look at various lichens as nutritional aids and
medicine and as flavoring agents and spices. Fucoidans derived from
the seaweeds (and spirulina) are described for their antioxidant
activity, nutritional and anti-aging properties, antiviral
activities, anti-cancer properties, anti-diabetic properties, and
more. The authors also examine how ethnicity affects
healthcare/nutritive systems at different levels through various
dynamics such as lower income, inability for services uptake,
disputes among different ethnic groups, cultural attitudes (some
ethnic group are vegetarian), lack of socio-economic resources, and
disease prevalence. Together, these two important volumes aim to
preserve and disseminate the valuable ethnic knowledge of medicinal
plants gained over thousands of years and to promote the value of
integrating and safeguarding biodiversity.
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