Lassak, E. V. <br/><br/>
Australian medicinal plants :  a complete guide to identification and usage / 
E. V. Lassak & T. McCarthy. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Chatswood, N.S.W. :  Reed New Holland,  2011. 
 - 303 p., [20] p. of plates :  col. ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previously published: 2001. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-288) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> This book features a history of the Aboriginal use of native plants and explains how the first European settlers learnt of their medicinal value from the indigenous people. It contains detailed information on over 500 individual plants, their known pharmacological uses, where to find them, and how to prepare remedies. Species of plants are arranges according to their uses- for fevers, painkillers, antiseptics, digestive disorders etc. 
<br/><br/> Technical/Vocational/TAFE, Tertiary/Undergraduate, General. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781877069864 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> 1/66 Gibbes St., Chatswood NSW 2067 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101645607  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine.<br/>Indigenous knowledge - Botany.<br/>Health - Treatments.<br/>Phytotherapy--methods--Australia.<br/>Plants, Medicinal--Australia.<br/>Plants, Medicinal.<br/>Phytotherapy--methods.<br/>Materia medica, Vegetable--Australia.<br/>Medicinal plants--Australia.<br/>Materia medica, Vegetable.<br/>Medicinal plants.<br/>Materia medica, Vegetable--Australia.<br/>Medicinal plants--Australia--Northern Territory.<br/>Aboriginal Australians--Medicine.<br/>Materia medica vegetable--Australia.<br/>Medicinal plants--Australia.<br/>Aboriginal Australians--Medicine.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Australia.<br/>Australia.<br/>Northern Territory.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Botany & plant science (Australia) Herbal medicine (Australia) Gardening (Australia) Australian 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QK98.7.A8  / .L37 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>581.6340994 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2014 N-098 QV 770 KA8