Berlin, Elois Ann & Berlin, Brent - Medical Ethnobiology of the Highland Maya of Chiapas, Mexico: The Gastrointestinal Illnesses

Princeton, Princeton University Press, (1996). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xxxii,557 pp. Textual drawings,tables,maps. Slight page-edge soil. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Introduction: Maya Ethnomedicine as Science; Research Setting; General Overview of Maya Ethnomedicine; General Overview of Healing Principles of Medicinal Plants; Introduction to Gastrointestinal Conditions; Conventions Employed in the Presentation of Data on Ethnomedicine; Medical Ethnobotany & Ethnopharmacology of the Major Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Gastrointestinal Conditions; The Diarrheas: Terminology; Watery Diarrhea; Mucoid Diarrhea; Bloody Diarrhea; Droplet Diarrhea; Lienteric Diarhea; Vomiting & Diarrhea; Vomiting; Other Conditions Affiliated with the Diarrheas; The Abdominal Pains: Terminology;Abdominal Pain; Epigastric Pain; 'Mother of Man'; Abdominal Distension; Intestinal Obstruction; The Worms: Terminology; Regular Worms; Flat-Headed Worms; Tiny Worms; Rectal Prolapse; Summary & Conclusions: The Gastrointestinal Conditions; Medical Ethnobotany & Ethnopharmacology of the Major Medical Plants Used to Treat Gastrointestinal Conditions; The Pharmacological Significance of Herbal Admixtures; Perceived Medicinal Virtues of Plants; Appendix: Pharmacological Activity of Plant Species Used as Admixtures.

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