Medicinal plants in Australia. Volume 3. Plants, potions and poisons
Williams, Cheryll2012
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It has taken centuries to appreciate the healing attributes of much of the Australian flora. This book tells about the influential role the early discoveries had on medicinal practice in Australia, and the role these traditional medicines are fulfilling
Main title:
Medicinal plants in Australia. Volume 3. Plants, potions and poisons / by Cheryll J. Williams
Author:
Imprint:
Dural N.S.W. Rosenberg 2012
Collation:
472 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
Tales of misadventure -- The art of detoxification: refining toxic plants -- Convolvulaceae: medicinal bush foods -- Culinary curiosities: psychotic potatoes and tasty tomatoes -- Aroids: irritant poisons -- Caustics and corrosives -- Foaming fish poisons -- Drugs from ichthyotoxins -- Poisonous pteridophyta -- Cycads: prehistoric survivors -- Neurotoxins: plants of perilous consequence
ISBN:
9781921719165 (hbk)
Dewey class:
615.321 MED
Local class:
615.321
Language:
English
BRN:
99935
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 615.321 MED | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |