Noongar Bush Medicine

Name: Noongar Bush Medicine
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781742589060
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Medicinal Plants of the South-West of Western Australia

By John Horsfall and Vivienne Hansen

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Noongar Bush Medicine offers a detailed exploration of the medicinal plants traditionally used by the Noongar people of south-western Australia before European settlement. This pioneering guide shares knowledge on utilising native plants for alternative treatments and safeguarding health against common ailments.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in indigenous knowledge, herbal medicine, and alternative health practices. It will appeal to those seeking to learn about traditional Aboriginal plants and remedies.

Noongar Bush Medicine provides for the first time a comprehensive account of the the medicinal plants that were used by Aboriginal people of the south-west of Western Australia before European settlement.

Description

Noongar Bush Medicine provides, for the first time, comprehensive information on the medicinal plants that were used by Aboriginal people of the south-west of Western Australia before European settlement. The book serves as a guide on how to use these plants for alternative treatments and protection from common ailments.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742589060

Publisher: UWA Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 December 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: UWAP

Illustration: , colour illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 240

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Health & Wellness John Horsfall Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development Vivienne Hansen

About the Author

Vivienne ‘Binyarn’ Hansen is a Balladong Wadjuk Yorga woman from the Bibbulmun Nation, or Noongar people, of the south-west of Western Australia. After a childhood of learning about traditional medicine, Vivienne undertook formal training at the Marr Mooditj Foundation and completed Certificate IV in Bush and Western Herbal Medicine. She was also the first Indigenous member of the National Herbalist Association of Australia and presented at the 7th International Conference on Herbal Medicine in 2010.

John Horsfall has had a long career as a Mental Health and General Nurse. He has taught at the Western Australian School of Nursing and, later, at the Curtin University Centre for Aboriginal Studies. He was the Training Coordinator at the Specialist Aboriginal Mental Health Service in Perth before retiring in 2013.