Māori healing and herbal : New Zealand ethnobotanical sourcebook / Murdoch Riley ; photographs by Brian Enting.

"A compilation of printed and manuscript information on the healing practices of the New Zealand Māori"--Flyleaf.

Reprinted: 1997, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-523) and index.

Pt 1. MAORI HEALING AND HEALTH TOPICS -- Abortion -- Alcoholic beverages -- Analgesics -- Antiseptics -- Arthritis -- Asthma -- Backache -- Baths, steam and other kinds -- Bleeding and haemorrhages -- Blood cleansing and blood purifiers -- Boils and abscesses -- Bronchitis and catarrh -- Bruises -- Burns and scalds -- Cancer -- Chewing gums -- Chilblains and bad circulation -- Child-birth -- Child-birth ceremonies and child care -- Colds -- Constipation -- Contraceptives -- Cough -- Cramp -- Dandruff -- Death caused by illness -- Debility -- Diabetes -- Diarrhoea -- Drowning : whakapua treatment -- Dysentery -- Ears and earache -- Eczema and scabies -- Emetics -- Epilepsy -- Eye conditions -- Face decoration -- Feet and legs -- Fevers -- Fractures -- Goitre -- Gout -- Haemorrhoids -- Hair of the head -- Hands and fingers -- Headaches -- Infertility -- Influenza -- Insect bites and repellents -- Kidney, gallstone and bladder troubles -- Lactation -- Leprosy -- Liver diseases -- Massage -- Measles and smallpox -- Menstruation -- Mental disorders, witchcraft and Mate Maori -- Mouth and lips -- Mouth fresheners -- Nervous conditions : sedatives -- Neuralgia -- Oedema (dropsy) -- Oils and ointments -- Poisons -- Poultices, plasters, blisters etc -- Pregnancy -- Rheumatism -- Ringworm -- Scents -- Sciatica -- Skin disorders -- Sore throat and choking -- Sprains and strains -- Stomach disorders -- Tattooing -- Teeth and gums -- Tonics -- Tuberculosis and scrofula -- Ulcers -- Varicose veins -- Venereal diseases -- Warts -- Worms -- Wounds -- Yeast infections -- pt. 2. MAORI HERBAL REMEDIES.

By Murdoch Riley. First section of this book surveys Maori health and healing from the pre-contact period with Europeans to the present time. It itemises individual ailments and subjects, discussing the spiritual and herbal healing needed. The second section contains information on some 200 plants with colour photographs of each. This book details New Zealand and world medicinal information according to the particular botanical family. Award winning book with wide appeal, also a recommended textbook for students.