Wild Vegetable Identification and Therapeutic Food Health Care

Author: Guo Wenchang
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This book provides an overview of the aliases, origins, identifying characteristics, distribution, harvesting and processing, chemical composition, pharmacological effects, flavors, functions, dietary examples, and folk remedies of 90 common wild vegetables in China. To illustrate the morphological features of the wild vegetables mentioned in the text, it includes 90 line drawings of the original plants and 48 color photographs. It is suitable for professionals in the fields of wild plant resources, nutrition, food science, traditional Chinese medicine, and medicinal dietetics. Additionally, it serves as a scientific reference for retirees, urban and rural residents to identify, collect, and utilize wild vegetables.