04084nam 22005895 450 991034945380332120200704000432.03-030-18255-X10.1007/978-3-030-18255-7(CKB)4100000008736984(MiAaPQ)EBC5831100(DE-He213)978-3-030-18255-7(PPN)238491692(EXLCZ)99410000000873698420190717d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOrchids as Aphrodisiac, Medicine or Food /by Eng Soon Teoh1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2019.1 online resource (382 pages)3-030-18254-1 Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: Orchids as Medicine: A Historical Overview -- Chapter 2: An Ancient Fantasy – Salep as Aphrodisiac -- Chapter 3: Foremost Among Medicinal Orchids -- Chapter 4: Dwelling on Rocks (Shihu) -- Chapter 5: METAMORPHOSIS: Modern medicine finds new uses for an ancient herb -- Chapter 6: Spiritual Tibetan Medicine; popular wangle -- Chapter 7: The Story of Vanilla -- Chapter 8: Modern Treasure Hunters -- Chapter 9: Medicinal Orchids of Central America -- Chapter 10: Medicinal Orchids of South America -- Chapter 11: Usage of Medicinal Orchids -- Chapter 12: INDIA: Van Rheede, Caius, and others -- Chapter 13: Medicinal Orchids of Nepal and Bhutan -- Chapter 14: Medicinal Orchids of Thailand and Myanmar -- Chapter 15: Medicinal Orchids in the Malay Archipelago -- Chapter 16: Australian Orchids as Food and Medicine -- Chapter 17: Medicinal Orchid Usage in Rural Africa -- Chapter 18: The Challenge: Orchid Conservation.Did you know that Vanilla was formerly served as aphrodisiac by Cassanova and Madam Pompadour, and Elizabeth I loved its flavor? This is the first book that provides a complete worldwide coverage of orchids being employed as aphrodisiacs, medicine or charms and food. Opening with an in-depth historical account of orchids (orchis Greek testicle), the author describes how the Theory of Signatures influenced ancient herbalists to regard terrestrial orchid tubers as aphrodisiacs. Doctors and apothecaries promoted it during the Renaissance. Usage of orchids in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Indian Ayurvedic Medicine; by Tibetan yogins and Amchi healers for longevity pills, tonics and aphrodisiacs; by Africans to prepare 'health promoting' chikanda or as survival food when lost in the Australian bush are some highlights of the book. Early settlers in America and the East Indies often relied on native remedies and employment of orchids for such needs is described. Also covered are the search for medicinal compounds by scientists, attempts to prove the orchid's efficacy by experiment and the worry of conservationists. .Life sciencesBotanyBotanyMedicine, ChineseFood—BiotechnologyPopular Life Scienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q25000Plant Scienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L24000Traditional Chinese Medicinehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/H17020Food Sciencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C15001Life sciences.Botany.Botany.Medicine, Chinese.Food—Biotechnology.Popular Life Sciences.Plant Sciences.Traditional Chinese Medicine.Food Science.635.93415584.4Teoh Eng Soonauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut963291BOOK9910349453803321Orchids as Aphrodisiac, Medicine or Food2184149UNINA02447oas 2200973 a 450 991013411180332120251106213014.01540-6040(DE-599)ZDB2072968-6(DE-599)2072968-6(OCoLC)49346490(CONSER) 2002212898(CKB)111019664290002(EXLCZ)9911101966429000220020320a20029999 sy aengurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCity & communityMalden, Mass. Blackwell Publishers[2002]-[Thousand Oaks, CA] SAGE1 online resourceRefereed/Peer-reviewedTitle from journal home page (viewed June 25, 2002).1535-6841 City and communityCity communityCities and townsPeriodicalsSociology, UrbanPeriodicalsVilles(CaQQLa)201-0001590Périodiques(CaQQLa)201-0378307Sociology, Urbanfast(OCoLC)fst01123961Cities and townsfast(OCoLC)fst00861748CiutatsthubSociologia urbanathubPeriodicals.fastPeriodicals.lcgftRevistes electròniques.thubCities and townsSociology, UrbanVillesSociology, Urban.Cities and towns.Ciutats.Sociologia urbana.307American Sociological Association,AKRAKRNSDDLCOCLCQOCLOCLCQOCLCSOCLCQVRCOCLCQOCLCFOCLCOOCLCQOCLCAOCLCQVT2OCLCODLCBWNDLCOCLCOOCLFIEKQWUABS2HOCLCQUBYSFBOCLCLOCLCQJOURNAL9910134111803321City & community2155623UNINA