Te rongoā Māori : Maori medicine / P.M.E. Williams.

Author
Williams, P. M. E. (Pip M. E.), 1904-1997 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Maori
Published/​Created
Auckland, N.Z. : Reed, 1996.
Description
79 pages : illustrations some color ; 21 cm

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    Summary note
    An illustrated guide to plants used in traditional Maori healing. Pip Williams, a retired pharmacist living in Northland, has spent his life observing and recording the use by local Maori of native plants for medicinal purposes. Te Rongoa Maori brings together his observations on 43 New Zealand plants and the health problems they were used to treat, colourfully interspersed with anecdotal evidence and beautifully illustrated with watercolours and engravings. Much of the information in Te Rongoa Maori was told to the author by Ngapuhi kuia and kaumatua over 40 years ago. Maori in earlier times knew abou the therapeutic benefits derived from trees and plants for a variety of health problems, but had no knowledge of pharmacology. Consequently, Te Rongoa Maori makes no claims to being a manual of Maori medicine. However, it comprises an important and faithful record of information gleaned over a lifetime's close association with the Ngapuhi people, and of the cultureal importance of this heritage.
    Notes
    • "The author and the publisher advise that this book is not intended as a practical guide for prescribing medicines or for curing sicknesses." -- Publisher's note. Reprinted 2004.
    • Reprinted 2004.
    Contents
    • Bracken (Rahurahu or rarahu)
    • Hoiheri, Houhere (Lacebark)
    • Kahikatea (White pine)
    • Karaka
    • Karamu
    • Kawakawa (Māori pepper)
    • Kiekie
    • Kohekohe (Native cedar)
    • Koromiko (Hebe)
    • Kowhai
    • Kumarahou (Gumdigger's soap)
    • Mahoe (Whiteywood)
    • Mairehau
    • Makomako (Wineberry)
    • Mangeao
    • Manuka (Red ti/tea tree), Kanuka (White ti/tree)
    • Matai (Black pine)
    • Matipo (Mapau)
    • Mingimingi, Taumingi, Tumingi
    • Miro (Brown pine)
    • Ngaio
    • Nikau
    • Piripiri (Bidibid/i)
    • Pirita (Supplejack)
    • Pohatu (Wild turnip)
    • Ponga (Silver fern) / Mamaku (Black fern)
    • Poroporo, Kohoho (Nightshade)
    • Puha or puwha (Sow thistle)
    • Pukatea
    • Puriri (New Zealand oak)
    • Rangiora, pukapuka, wharanga
    • Rata
    • Raupo (Bulrush)
    • Rewarewa (Honeysuckle)
    • Rimurapa, rimuroa, remurehia (Bull kelp/seaweeds)
    • Tanekaha (Celery pine)
    • Tataramoa (Bush lawyer)
    • Titoki (New Zealand ash)
    • Toetoe
    • Toot, tutu, tupakihi
    • Totara
    • Towai
    • Whau.
    Other title(s)
    Maori medicine
    ISBN
    • 0790005107 ((pbk.))
    • 9780790005102 ((pbk.))
    • 9780143011361
    • 0143011367
    LCCN
    2005360133
    OCLC
    154661438
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