Fighting for phytotherapy

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Traditional herbal medicine offers many benefits and is held in generally high esteem outside the US. The World Health Organization advocates the use of recognized plant medicines, called phytotherapy, for a variety of ailments that Western medicine treats poorly. This includes both preventative treatment and management of chronic illnesses. In the US the Food and Drug Administration requires expensive tests before permitting any drug to be sold as such, and drug makers will not pay for them if simply anyone can grow the plant in question.

Author: Williamson, Nikole
Publisher: American Horticultural Society
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
Analysis, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Herbal, Herbal medicine, Materia medica, Vegetable, Plant extracts

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Landscapes with byte

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Expert Landscape Design 3D, LandDesigner and 3D Landscape are three of the main landscape design programs for use on home computers. LandDesigner and 3D Landscape are available on CD-ROM, while Expert Landscape Design 3D is an inexpensive program for Windows. Information on features, system requirements and ordering is included for each program. A listing of other gardening programs includes information on four additional design programs, six data bases and two gardening journals.

Author: Williamson, Nikole
Publisher: American Horticultural Society
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
Evaluation, Software, Product/Service Evaluation, Product information, Gardening, Landscape architecture, Books That Work Inc., Expert Software Inc., Green Thumb Software Inc., Expert Landscape Design (CAD software), LandDesigner (Personal home software), 3D Landscape (Personal home software)

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A learning solution

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The Hydroponic Society of America's five awards to students and teachers at this year's annual meetings recognized a number of elementary and junior and senior high projects, out of 30 submissions. Winners looked at plant growth in discarded materials, compared vegetables grown hydroponically and in soil, plant growth and sife support in a simulated space capsule, growth rates of grass, and the effects of different growing media on lettuce.

Author: Williamson, Nikole
Publisher: American Horticultural Society
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
Achievements and awards, Hydroponics, School gardens

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