English Summary/英文概要： A beautiful work of reference featuring 100 plants and their influence on medicine through the ages, from ancient civilization to the present day.

Authoritative and engaging text includes the very latest research on both traditional and more recently discovered herbal remedies.

Cross-reference features identify a medical condition or ailment and the corresponding plant that may help provide an essential contribution to treatment.

Each entry features botanical artwork of flora, leaves and seeds that form the basis of pharmaceutical drugs, from Adonis vernalis to Vinca minor.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一部精美的參考書，展示了 100 種植物及其對醫學的影響，從古代文明到現代。來自權威學者和引人入勝的文字，介紹傳統草藥學和最近發現的草藥最新研究。 交叉參考特徵可識別醫療狀況或疾病以及可能有助於對治療做出重要貢獻的相應植物。

每個條目都有植物、葉子和種子的植物繪，它們構成了藥物的基礎。從春側金盞花到小蔓長春花。 (Zoe)

Dr Catherine Whitlock is a science writer with a BSc in Biological Sciences, a PhD in Immunology and a Diploma in Science Communication. Catherine writes on science, medicine and nature and is based in Kent, England. Her previous books include Meet Your Bacteria (Cassell) and Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World (Little, Brown).