Bush remedies / Cheryll Williams.

By:

Williams, Cheryll J

Contributor(s):

Lepschi, Brendan J [writer of foreword.]

Material type: Text

9780648446637

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

615.321 23

Summary: This is a readable and well-researched introduction to the huge variety of native plants in Australia with medicinal properties. The Aboriginal people exploited this diversity and harvested the bounty of the land with ingenuity. The colonists found the strange flora almost incomprehensible. A long process of experimentation began. The astringent, antibacterial qualities of Eucalypt kino and the wattle trees were accepted. The fragrant oils of Eucalypts, Tea-trees, Native Myrtles and Mintbushes were utilised. The records of early pioneers, the European medical men and Aboriginal experience have given us valuable bush remedies. This fusion of ancient tradition combined with the insights granted by modern science sees native plants taking on a new role.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	State Botanical Collection	RBG	615.321 BUS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		RBG00025741

Forward by Brendan Lepschi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is a readable and well-researched introduction to the huge variety of native plants in Australia with medicinal properties. The Aboriginal people exploited this diversity and harvested the bounty of the land with ingenuity. The colonists found the strange flora almost incomprehensible. A long process of experimentation began. The astringent, antibacterial qualities of Eucalypt kino and the wattle trees were accepted. The fragrant oils of Eucalypts, Tea-trees, Native Myrtles and Mintbushes were utilised. The records of early pioneers, the European medical men and Aboriginal experience have given us valuable bush remedies. This fusion of ancient tradition combined with the insights granted by modern science sees native plants taking on a new role.