BOOK TYPE: Hardback DIMENSIONS: 190mm X 265mm PAGES: 528

The first section of this book surveys Maori health and healing from the pre-contact period with Europeans, right up to the present time. It itemises individual ailments and subjects, discussing the spiritual and herbal healing needed. The second section is a herbal of some 200 plants with colour photographs of medicinal parts of each. The book also 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.