Author: anonymous [Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha]
Title: Medico-Ethno-Botanical Explorations in Sikkim Himalayas
Description: New Delhi, Central Council... 1991. orig. wrappers. xx,203,(31) pp, 24x17cm, Includes textual map & tables + 31 color & black/white photoplates.. 31pp photoplates.. Some rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction; Geographical Features; Geology & Soil; Mineral Wealth; People & their Socio-Religious Customs; Development Programmes; Fauna of the Area; Medical Practices & Folk Medical-Lore; Medicinal & Economic Plants; General Vegetation & Flora; Preliminary Phytochemical Screening of the Material Collected; Classified List of Plants Species from Sikkim Himalaya; Drugs of Folklore Importance in Sikkim; List of Drugs Locally Collected by Sikkimese; Cultivation of Medicinal Plants in Sikkim; List of Local & Sanskrit Names of Plants in Sikkim; Common Trees, Shrubs & Climbers Found in Sikkim; Indian Plants Used inTibetan & Chinese Medicine; List of Medicinal Plants of Sikkim, Some Important Raw Drugs Material Availability in Sikkim Himalayas.

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, Sikkim Himalayas, India South Asia, Anthropology Botany, Folk Pharmacology, Ayurvedic Medicine, Herbal Drugs Drug, Medicinal Plants, Medical Pharmacy, Ethnopharmacology