| Description |
240 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introductory notes and observations -- 2. Narcotics and painkillers -- 3. Headaches, colds and fevers -- 4. Tonics -- 5. Antiseptics and bactericides : treatment of wounds and inflammations -- 6. Skin disorders -- 7. Digestion and elimination -- 8. Miscellaneous cures -- 9. More myth than medicine? -- 10. The medicinal plant industry -- Table of plant uses |
| Summary |
Plants have been used for medicinal purposes since earliest recorded history all over the world. Australia is no exception, its varied flora providing the Aborigines with their medicines. But with the arrival of Europeans much of this knowledge was overtaken by modern medical techniques and drugs. Erich Lassak and Tara McCarthy's Australian Medicinal Plants covers both the Aboriginal use of native plants - and how the first settlers learned from the Aborigines of their medicinal values - and the plants themselves: how they were used, what their known pharmacological constituents are, where to find them, how to prepare the remedies. Hundreds of species are covered, helpfully arranged in chapters depending on their use: for fevers, painkillers, antiseptics, and digestive disorders, for instance. Colour photographs accompany many of the species, aiding in their identification. Australian Medicinal Plants is an invaluable resource for all those interested in herbal medicine, Aboriginal culture and Australian flora |
| Notes |
"Paintings and drawings Betty Hinton 1983"-- t.p verso |
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Includes index |
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Previously published: Port Melbourne : Mandarin, 1990 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Medicine.
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Ethnobotany -- Australia.
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Materia medica, Vegetable -- Australia.
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Medicinal plants -- Australia.
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Traditional medicine -- Australia.
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Plants, Medicinal.
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Aborigines
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Ethnobotany.
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Herbal Medicine.
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Medicine, Traditional.
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Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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Phytotherapy.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Author |
Hinton, Betty
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McCarthy, Tara.
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| ISBN |
0730105032 |
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