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Australian medicinal plants : a complete guide to identification and usage / E. V. Lassak & T. McCarthy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chatswood, N.S.W. : Reed New Holland, 2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: 303 p., [20] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 26 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781877069864 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 581.6340994 23
LOC classification:
  • QK98.7.A8 .L37 2011
NLM classification:
  • 2014 N-098
  • QV 770 KA8
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book State Botanical Collection RBG 581.6340994 AUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available RBG00021581

Previously published: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-288) and index.

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.

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.

Technical/Vocational/TAFE, Tertiary/Undergraduate, General.

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