Michael J Balick, Rosita Arvigo

Messages from the Gods

A Guide to the Useful Plants of Belize

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The unrivaled and comprehensive guide to the healing plants of Belize, containing over 500 species accounts, 600 illustrations, and detailed discussion of the medicinal applications of the local plants in both traditional and modern healing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 554
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 169mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1107g
• ISBN-13: 9780199965762
• ISBN-10: 0199965765
• Artikelnr.: 40875074

Autorenporträt

Dr. Michael J. Balick, Ph.D., is the Vice President for Botanical Science and Director & Philecology Curator of the Institute of Economic Botany at The New York Botanical Garden. Dr. Rosita Arvigo, D.N., is a naprapathic physician with a clinical practice in Belize.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction and Background
The Setting
Origins of the Belize Ethnobotany Project
Project Objectives
Traditional Healing in Belize
Methodology
Chapter 1 Figures
Chapter 2: Traditional Healers, Bushmasters and their Sacred Realm
The Discovery of Therapeutic Plants
Generalist and Specialist Healers in Belize
Culture Bound Syndrome (Culturally Specific Illness) in Belize
Preparation of Plant Medicines
The Vanishing Medicine Chest
Profile of a Traditional Healer's Practice: Don Eligio Panti
Foods as Therapies
Poisons that Heal
Psychoactive Species
Solving a Mystery- Capoche
Chapter 2 Figures
Chapter 3: Traditional Healers, Bushmasters and their Backgrounds
Juana and Antonio Cuc
Barbara Fernandez
Thomas Green
Winston Harris
Don Eligio Panti
Andrew Ramcharan
Percival Hezekiah Reynolds
Hortense Robinson
Leopoldo Romero
Beatrice Waight
Juana Xix
In Their Own Words
Thomas Green
Winston Harris
Don Eligio Panti
Percival Reynolds
Hortense Robinson
Leopoldo Romero
Beatrice Waight
The Unbroken Chain
Chapter 3 Figures
Chapter 4: Plants of Belize and their Uses in Ancient and Contemporary Times: An Ethnobotanical Compendium
Non-Flowering Plants
Ferns, Fern Allies
Gymnosperms
Figures- Fern and Fern Allies, Gymnosperms
Flowering Plants
Monocotyledons
Figures- Monocotyledons
Dicotyledons
Figures- Dicotyledons
Bibliography