Australian medicinal plants: a complete guide to identification and usage.

Frenchs Forest: New Holland Publishers, (2011 second edition).
Octavo, paperback, 303 pp. colour photographs, line drawings.

An essential guide and invaluable resource for anyone interested in herbal medicine, Australian flora and the indigenous Australian culture. Features a history of the Aboriginal use of native plants and explains how the first European settlers learnt of their medicinal value from the indigenous people. Detailed information on over 500 individual plants, their know pharmacological uses, where to find them and how to prepare remedies. Species of plants are arranged in chapters according to their uses.