Psychoactive Medicinal Plants: Hallucinogenic and Narcotic Drugs
Singh, Rita
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 31499
ISBN-10 : 81-8220-863-7 / 8182208637
ISBN-13 : 978-81-8220-863-6 / 9788182208636
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2017
Edition : (2nd Edition)
Language : English
x, 286p., Bib., Index, 23 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Introduction; Phytomedicine: Problem and Prospect; Soil Chemistry; Seed Pre-treatment; Nursery Raising; Cultivation and Processing; Hallucinogenic Drugs.
DESCRIPTION
India due to its unique variety of geographical and climatic factors, has had a rich and varied flora of medicinal value since the Vedic period. The trade structure of the medicinal plants is practically very compact and diverse. Drug usage in human cultures is very ancient religious and cultural ceremonies and customs. The most prevalent psychoactive drugs in preindustrial times were hallucinogenic plants also classified as psychotropic substance.
