The Jungle pharmacy nature's remedy

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Summary: Do the world's rainforests contain a cure for cancer and AIDS? This intriguing program travels to Jakarta, Surabaya, and the jungles of Kalimantan to investigate the preparation and use of natural remedies to combat illnesses such as skin fungus, malaria, and even AIDS. But logging continues unabated, even as ethnobiologists from the National Cancer Institute and the Harvard Medical School scramble to quantify the curative properties of indigenous plants. Will the jungle pharmacy disappear before it can be understood? A Deutsche Welle Production.

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Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (27 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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electronic resource (video)
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2005], c1995.

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General Note:	Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Sept. 19, 2005. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Jungle Remedies vs. Rainforest Logging (5:49) -- Science of Medicinal Plants (4:21) -- Traditional Medicines (2:56) -- Dyak Ceremonial Healing (3:59) -- Jungle Pharmacy Secrets (3:21) -- Future of Jungle Pharmacy Medicines (3:23)
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