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Medicinal Plants

Phytopharmacology and

Therapeutic Values

Taiwanese Native

Phytopharmacology and

Thomas S.C. Li, Ph.D.

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Medicinal Plants

Therapeutic Values

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Li, Thomas S. C.

Taiwanese native medicinal plants : phytopharmacology and therapeutic values / Thomas S.C. Li.

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Foreword

Tens of thousands of plant species have been used medicinally, and hundreds of

books have been written about them. Most of these are concerned with reviewing

the botany or the traditional folk uses of the plants. This is certainly valuable

information but insufﬁcient as a basis for prioritizing those species that are especially

deserving of research and development. Much more valuable is the approach that

Dr. T.S.C. Li has taken in his previous books on medicinal plants and in this one.

Dr. Li has concentrated on documenting the chemical components present, and on

their therapeutic properties, information that is obviously critical to assessing the

potential of these species.

In this book, Dr. Li provides an extremely comprehensive review of the phyto-

pharmacology (dealing with the general science, toxicology, and therapeutics) of

more than 1000 medicinal species native to Taiwan, based on his personal familiarity

with the plants as well as the very extensive literature on them. As Dr. Li points out,

a remarkably large proportion of these have not been addressed in previous analyses

of Chinese medicinal plants.

People in every region of the world learned to use local plants for medicinal

purposes, and developed “pharmacopoeias” (sets of species and extracts, and asso-

ciated codiﬁed knowledge of their uses) that became the bases of traditional medical

systems. With the possible exception of Indian (Vedic) medicine, the Chinese phar-

macopoeia is the largest and most impressive ever produced. Western researchers

are increasingly acknowledging the importance of the traditional herbal preparations

that have been the mainstays of Asian medicine for millennia. Asian medicinal plants,

most particularly Chinese herbs, are now enthusiastically being incorporated into

Western medical practice. Knowledge of the therapeutic properties of Chinese

medicinal herbs is a key to progress in developing more effective medications. This

book provides the type of accurate, contemporary information required by those

who conduct research on, prescribe, or personally use medicinal plants or their

components.

There is no more noble endeavor than the pursuit of promoting human health,

but in the realm of medicine this needs to be done carefully, as reﬂected in the

familiar physician’s dictum (commonly held to come from the Hippocratic Oath)

“First, do no harm.” Unfortunately, there are serious hazards and pitfalls associated

with medicinal plants, which can only be avoided when authoritative information is

available. Dr. Li’s monograph is not only useful for indicating how the plants

reviewed may be used therapeutically but also points out their potential toxicity.

Although the therapeutic and safety aspects of medicinal plants are of predom-

inant importance to society, one cannot ignore their economic value. Explosive

growth is occurring in the multitrillion dollar business of medicinal plants, most

evidently in the increasing array of herbal offerings and supplements found in health

food stores and supermarkets, but also in the domain of prescription medicine. For

the most part, the really lucrative species are restricted in number, with only a few

dozen that are highly proﬁtable at a particular time. Those who produce, process,

and market medicinal plants and their extracts would be well advised to carefully

study Dr. Li’s information. It is quite possible that among the species documented,

one or more has the potential to become extremely proﬁtable.

Relatively few books are as genuinely scholarly, authoritative, and comprehen-

sive as this present volume. This is a veritable treasure chest of essential and

fascinating information critical to all health care professionals who deal in one way

or another with medicinal plants. Dr. Li, an internationally renowned scientist with

extremely extensive research experience, is to be congratulated on this superb and

invaluable synthesis. Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants represents a milestone in

educating the world about a gold mine of medicinal knowledge.

Ernest Small, Ph.D.

Principal Research Scientist

Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Center

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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