| Title:
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ZULU MEDICINAL PLANTS
AN INVENTORY |
| By: |
Anne Hutchings (Editor), Alan Scott (Editor), Gillian Lewis (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£55.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0869808931 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780869808931 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
16 May, 1996 |
| Pages: |
461 |
| Description: |
Presents an inventory of nearly 1000 plants used in Zulu traditional medicine. This book is augmented by Tony Cunningham's investigation of the medicinal plant trade in KwaZulu-Natal, material gathered in interviews with traditional healers, and Anne Hutchings's preliminary herbal history survey of hospital patients. |
| Synopsis: |
This inventory of nearly 1000 plants used in Zulu traditional medicine is based on a survey dating from the late-19th century to the present. It is augmented by Tony Cunningham's investigation of the medicinal plant trade in KwaZulu-Natal, material gathered in interviews with traditional healers, and Anne Hutchings's preliminary herbal history survey of hospital patients. |
| Illustrations: |
colour photographs |
| Publication: |
South Africa |
| Imprint: |
University of KwaZulu-Natal Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |