Vintage 1975 Soviet Book: Medicinal Plants of Ukraine – D. S. Ivashin | Tsar to Soviet Books

Vintage 1975 Soviet Botanical Manual: "Medicinal Plants of Ukraine"

Product Overview For herbalists, botanists, pharmacognosy researchers, and collectors of vintage Soviet natural history literature, this 1975 original Soviet hardcover reference is an authoritative guide to wild medicinal flora. Published in Kiev by Urozhay (Издательство «Урожай»), Medicinal Plants of Ukraine (Лекарственные растения Украины) was authored by botanical scientists D. S. Ivashin, Z. F. Katina, I. Z. Rybachuk, V. S. Ivanov, and L. T. Butenko.

Bound in illustrated cloth-backed boards depicting a bouquet of medicinal plants and berries, this 360-page volume details the identification, chemical taxonomy, and sustainable foraging protocols for approximately 150 medicinal plant species, illustrated with 16 color plates, 118 line drawings, and 49 reference tables.

150 Medicinal Species, Active Phytochemistry & Foraging Standards This reference covers practical herbalism and botanical science:

• Species Monographs: Complete botanical diagnostics, regional growing zones, habitat descriptions, and visual markers to distinguish active medicinal plants from related non-medicinal varieties (such as distinguishing Carex brevicollis from Carex pilosa).

• Active Chemical Constituents: Detailed analysis of active botanical compounds, including flavonoids, coumarins, alkaloids (colchamine), cardiac glycosides, organic acids, essential oils, and phytoncides.

• Harvesting & Processing Guide: Precise instructions on optimal collection windows (by season and time of day), drying temperatures, packaging, storage longevity, and state GOST raw material standards.

• Comprehensive Tables & Trilingual Indices: 49 reference tables summarizing harvesting calendars, chemical active yields, and clinical therapeutic indications, with alphabetical lookups in Russian, Ukrainian, and Latin.

Complete Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Лекарственные растения Украины (Medicinal Plants of Ukraine)

• Authors: D. S. Ivashin (Д. С. Ивашин), Z. F. Katina, I. Z. Rybachuk, V. S. Ivanov, L. T. Butenko

• Publisher: "Urozhay" Publishing House (Киев)

• Publication Date: 1975 (Kiev, Ukrainian SSR)

• Language: Russian (with Ukrainian and Latin nomenclature)

• Binding: Original publisher's cloth-backed illustrated hardcover

• Page Count: 360 pages with 16 color plates, 118 figures, and 49 tables

• Classification: Soviet Botany / Herbal Medicine & Phytotherapy / Natural History