Natur Africa - The Herbalist Handbook, African Flora Medical Plants - Jean Pujol
The medicinal use of the African flora is the heart of Jean Pujol’s book. It also gives us a step by step study of various kinds of medicinal plants that are used overseas in the field of Phytotherapy and for oil remedies.
Many of the African plant remedies that he recommends make up the bulk of Zulu and Xhosa folk medicine.
In this book Jean Pujol analyses the principles of the African therapeutic system and the methods which are used by the old class of Herbalists known as INYANGAS (which are classified as Naturopaths).
He reveals the formulae that have stood the test of time of many generations of Tribal Doctors and Sangomas. The medicinal use of a wide range of herbs that actually heal the Zulu and Xhosa communities has been here recorded. Barks, roots, bulbs, etc. — indigenous to Southern Africa — have been patiently classified, described and botanically identified. Numerous illustrations and colourful pictures which enable the layman to identify easily the most popular species, including those which are indicated for their psychoactive virtues, whether preventative or counteractive, and known as Intelezis.
What is unique about this book is, in addition to identifying the causes of many diseases, Jean Pujol presents practical formulae (both modern and traditional). It includes an up-to-date therapeutic index and herbal formulary, viz. a Prescriber's Handbook of Recipes and Preparations Arranged for Easy References. The modern concept of herbalism and special methods of diagnosis are also defined, in order to strengthen the medical background of the would be herbalist.
Jean Pujol Natural Heapers Foundation 1993
ISBN: 0-520-1514B-X/9780620151481
Condition: Very Good, with dog-eared corners and some creases on the cover.
MB (Medical)
The medicinal use of the African flora is the heart of Jean Pujol’s book. It also gives us a step by step study of various kinds of medicinal plants that are used overseas in the field of Phytotherapy and for oil remedies.
Many of the African plant remedies that he recommends make up the bulk of Zulu and Xhosa folk medicine.
In this book Jean Pujol analyses the principles of the African therapeutic system and the methods which are used by the old class of Herbalists known as INYANGAS (which are classified as Naturopaths).
He reveals the formulae that have stood the test of time of many generations of Tribal Doctors and Sangomas. The medicinal use of a wide range of herbs that actually heal the Zulu and Xhosa communities has been here recorded. Barks, roots, bulbs, etc. — indigenous to Southern Africa — have been patiently classified, described and botanically identified. Numerous illustrations and colourful pictures which enable the layman to identify easily the most popular species, including those which are indicated for their psychoactive virtues, whether preventative or counteractive, and known as Intelezis.
What is unique about this book is, in addition to identifying the causes of many diseases, Jean Pujol presents practical formulae (both modern and traditional). It includes an up-to-date therapeutic index and herbal formulary, viz. a Prescriber's Handbook of Recipes and Preparations Arranged for Easy References. The modern concept of herbalism and special methods of diagnosis are also defined, in order to strengthen the medical background of the would be herbalist.
Jean Pujol Natural Heapers Foundation 1993
ISBN: 0-520-1514B-X/9780620151481
Condition: Very Good, with dog-eared corners and some creases on the cover.
MB (Medical)
The medicinal use of the African flora is the heart of Jean Pujol’s book. It also gives us a step by step study of various kinds of medicinal plants that are used overseas in the field of Phytotherapy and for oil remedies.
Many of the African plant remedies that he recommends make up the bulk of Zulu and Xhosa folk medicine.
In this book Jean Pujol analyses the principles of the African therapeutic system and the methods which are used by the old class of Herbalists known as INYANGAS (which are classified as Naturopaths).
He reveals the formulae that have stood the test of time of many generations of Tribal Doctors and Sangomas. The medicinal use of a wide range of herbs that actually heal the Zulu and Xhosa communities has been here recorded. Barks, roots, bulbs, etc. — indigenous to Southern Africa — have been patiently classified, described and botanically identified. Numerous illustrations and colourful pictures which enable the layman to identify easily the most popular species, including those which are indicated for their psychoactive virtues, whether preventative or counteractive, and known as Intelezis.
What is unique about this book is, in addition to identifying the causes of many diseases, Jean Pujol presents practical formulae (both modern and traditional). It includes an up-to-date therapeutic index and herbal formulary, viz. a Prescriber's Handbook of Recipes and Preparations Arranged for Easy References. The modern concept of herbalism and special methods of diagnosis are also defined, in order to strengthen the medical background of the would be herbalist.
Jean Pujol Natural Heapers Foundation 1993
ISBN: 0-520-1514B-X/9780620151481
Condition: Very Good, with dog-eared corners and some creases on the cover.
MB (Medical)