Language: English
Published on: 2010-01
Hardcover
The second volume of the fundamental scientific work by the President of Turkmenistan, Doctor of Medicine, Professor Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, was published in Turkmenistan. The work entitled "Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan" is divided into three separate books in Turkmen, Russian and English languages.
The main part of the second volume, like in the first volume, is about characteristics of medicinal plants coming in alphabetical order. Each type is characterized under a general scheme: description of the plant's appearance, its biological characteristics, habitat distribution, natural stocks of this plant, crude drug contained in the medicinal plant, its chemical composition, application, methods of preparation and use. There are references to Turkmen, Russian and Latin names of each plant, their color images and annotations. In addition, the book provides for a calendar of collection of medicinal raw materials.
It should be recalled that in the first volume of the President's work, along with the characteristics of medicinal plants, one can find an overview of achievements of Turkmen medicine over the past 14 years, a brief historical sketch of the study and application of medicinal plants in Turkmenistan, information about the content of biologically active substances in plants growing in the Turkmen land, recipes for preparation of medicines from herbs, leaves, fruits and roots of medicinal plants for curing various diseases, recipes of medicinal drinks.
