Australian Medicinal Plants
Title | Australian Medicinal Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Erich V. Lassak |
Publisher | Reed New Holland |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Aboriginal Australians |
ISBN | 9781877069864 |
An essential guide and invaluable resource for anyone interested in herbal medicine, Australian flora and the indigenous Australian culture. Includes a history on the Aboriginal use of native plants and explains how the first European settlers learnt of their medicinal value from the Indigenous people.
Australian Medicinal Plants
Title | Australian Medicinal Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Eric V. Lassak |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN |
An invaluable resource for all those interested in herbal medicine, Aboriginal culture and Australian flora. Australia's varied flora provided Aborigines with their medicines for thousands of years. In this book hundreds of species are described and their uses as painkillers, antiseptics, etc are explained.
Australian Medicinal Plants
Title | Australian Medicinal Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Erich V. Lassak |
Publisher | Reed New Holland |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Aboriginal Australians |
ISBN | 9781876622251 |
Medicinal Plants in Australia: Bush pharmacy
Title | Medicinal Plants in Australia: Bush pharmacy PDF eBook |
Author | Cheryll J. Williams |
Publisher | Rosenberg Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Botany, Medical |
ISBN | 9781877058790 |
This book is designed to enhance the appreciation of the medicinal history of Australia's flora, its unique contributions to everyday life, and its extraordinary future potential. Author Cheryll Williams previously published a series of articles on medicinal plants in Australian Wellbeing magazine and is currently working with Wildlife Rescue in the tropical rainforest. Chapters include: Plants of the Pioneers: First Impressions and Improvisations * Herbal Inspiration: Remedies from the Bush * Sarsaparilla and Sassafras: Old Remedies in a New Colony * Xanthorrhoea: Grass-Tree Medicine * Floral Emissaries * Bush Beverages * Bush Tucker Bugs * A Sweet Surprise: Medicinal and Toxic Honeys * Uniquely Australian: Flowers, Flavors, and Fragrance * Sandalwood: The Aromatic Export * The Famous Australian Gum-tree.
Noongar Bush Medicine
Title | Noongar Bush Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | Vivienne Hansen |
Publisher | University of Western Australia Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9781742589060 |
In this book the authors have recorded information on many of the medicinal plants that were regularly used by the Noongar people of the south-west of Western Australia. They hope it will ensure that the traditional knowledge is not lost forever with the passing of elders and traditional healers.
Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants
Title | Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants PDF eBook |
Author | T. K. Lim |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 670 |
Release | 2016-02-02 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401772762 |
Volume 10 is part of a multi compendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. This work is of significant interest to medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists and general public. 59 plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs in the families Amaranthaceae, Cannaceae, Cibotiaceae, Convolvulaceae, Cyperaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Marantaceae, Nelumbonaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Piperaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae, Simaroubaceae, Solanaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Typhaceae and Zingiberaceae. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/ vernacular names; origin/ distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts/uses; botany; nutritive/medicinal properties, nonedible uses and selected references.
Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants
Title | Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants PDF eBook |
Author | T. K. Lim |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 955 |
Release | 2013-02-02 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9400756534 |
This book continues as volume 5 of a multicompendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh, cooked or processed as vegetables, cereals, spices, stimulant, edible oils and beverages. It covers selected species from the following families: Apiaceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Cunoniaceae, Lythraceae, Papaveraceae, Poaceae, Polygalaceae, Polygonaceae, Proteaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rubiaceae, Salicaceae, Santalaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae and Zingiberaceae. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts and uses; botany; nutritive/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses, nonedible uses; and selected references.