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Jamaican society has retained a particularly vibrant tradition of folk herbal (bush) medicine. The cache of native plants and practices used by the island's original Amerindian population was, over the centuries, successively enriched by contributions from the peoples of Africa, Europe and Asia. Today the custom not only endures: it is gaining scientific recognition and continues to spread abroad on the heels of the Jamaican diaspora. In Herbal Plants of Jamaica, the widespread cultural practice of using a multitude of healing, culinary and cosmetic herbs is distilled to a core of about 70 species. These plants are unambiguously identified by many means: scientific and local names, descriptions, habitat, images, origins, and associated herbal therapies presented in terms of remedies fashioned and maladies treated. Where possible, the chemical compounds that underlie the pharmaceutical activities of the herbs - beneficial or otherwise - are included. This volume provides a well illustrated, easily read and no-nonsense guide to Jamaican wild herbs and their several medicinal and related uses.
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"This is a fascinating work of reference written in layman's language and profusely illustrated with colour photographs." --Colin Rickards, She Caribbean
About the Author:
Monica Warner was born and educated in Jamaica where she gained a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Zoology at the University of the West Indies. She spent most of her working life teaching science in England then enjoyed the first few years of the new century in Jamaica documenting and writing on aspects of that island's fascinating flora. Following the publication of her first book, Flowers of Jamaica (Macmillan Caribbean, 2004), she has pursued her keen interest into the chemistry, biology and ethnobotanical uses of Jamaica's herbal plants.
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- PublisherMacmillan Caribbean
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1405065664
- ISBN 13 9781405065665
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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