Māori healing and herbal
Subtitle: New Zealand ethnobotanical sourcebook
By: Murdoch Riley ; photographs by Brian Enting.
Publisher: Viking Sevenseas N.Z.
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Paraparaumu, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
Subjects: Materia medica, Vegetable -- New Zealand.; Maori (New Zealand people) -- Medicine.; Medicinal plants -- New Zealand.
Description: A compilation of printed and manuscript information on the healing practices of the New Zealand Maori ... does not claim to be complete ... "Maori healing and health topics" ... draws together all the available information on spiritual healing and then directs the reader to the relevant herbs. The "Maori herbal remedies" section includes over 200 plants ... In all cases the exact words of informants or writers are quoted, translations from Maori being undertaken for the most part by Tairongo Amoamo of the Whakatohea tribe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-523) and index.