Practical Folk Medicine of Hawaii
by L. R. McBride
Category: Botany

Likeke R. McBride combined his talents as a thorough researcher and botanical illustrator with a life-long interest in folk medicine to produce this book of extraordinary value for students of natural medicines and Hawaiians. Remedies consist of fragments of the knowledge of the medical kahuna and treatments that have come with immigrants from around the world. Instructions are given for finding, identifying and using plants and herbs, including the tools needed to do the job.