The book ‘Maladies and Remedies’ addresses the subject of ‘Tropical Herbal Medicine’, and includes native medicines used by the Australian Indigenous people and Early Settlers, and also introduced plants and their application throughout all tropical cultures world-wide.
This encompasses all of the plants in the Australian tropics, native and otherwise, that have been used as medicine. Most Herbals focus on the plants, “Maladies and Remedies” is set-out in chapters, highlighting the ailments, which after all is the cause of a persons enquiry and concern.
Vast numbers of people throughout history have benefited from the remedies featured in these pages, brought together in a volume relevant to the Australian Tropics. This book can be used as an Index to tropical plant medicine, where the Internet can provide more information on the plants discussed.
$45 plus $12 postage within Australia.
I found Maladies and Remedies to be a deeply interesting and informative source of herbal prescribing. It is an eclectic compendium of herbs from around the world and includes lesser known botanitcal medicines from Australia.
Steve Price’s knowledge of botany helps to inform and educate the reader, while the historical use of these wonderful plants makes for fascinating reading. It is a book not only for the Herbalist, but for anyone interested in learning more about the scope and application of Botanical medicine. Highly Recommended!”
