Record Nr.

UNINA9910460179303321

Autore

Balick Michael J. <1952->

Titolo

Messages from the gods : a guide to the useful plants of Belize / / Michael J. Balick, Rosita Arvigo ; illustrations by Francesca Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa


New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
©2015

ISBN

0-19-935913-X

0-19-996574-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (554 p.)

Disciplina

581.6/34097282

Soggetti

Medicinal plants - Belize

Traditional medicine - Belize

Healers - Belize

Ethnobotany - Belize

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND""; ""The Setting""; ""Origins of the Belize Ethnobotany Project""; ""Project Objectives""; ""Traditional Healing in Belize""; ""Methodology""; ""2 TRADITIONAL HEALERS, BUSHMASTERS, & THEIR SACRED REALM""; ""The Discovery of Therapeutic Plants""; ""Generalist and Specialist Healers in Belize""; ""Culture- Bound Syndrome (Culturally Specific Illness) in Belize""; ""Preparation of Plant Medicines""; ""The Vanishing Medicine Chest""; ""Profile of a Traditional Healerâ€?s Practice: Don Eligio Panti""

""Foods as Therapies""""Poisons That Heal""; ""Psychoactive Species""; ""Solving a Mysteryâ€?Capoche""; ""3 TRADITIONAL HEALERS, BUSHMASTERS, & THEIR BACKGROUNDS""; ""Juana and Antonio Cuc""; ""Barbara Fernandez""; ""Thomas Green""; ""Winston Harris""; ""Don Eligio Panti""; ""Andrew Ramcharan""; ""Percival Hezekiah Reynolds""; ""Hortense Robinson""; ""Leopoldo Romero""; ""Beatrice Waight""; ""Juana Xix""; ""IN THEIR OWN WORDS""; ""Thomas Green""; ""Winston Harris""; ""Don Eligio Panti""; ""Percival Hezekiah Reynolds""; ""Hortense

Robinson""; ""Leopoldo Romero""; ""Beatrice Waight""

""Juana Xix""""THE UNBROKEN CHAIN""; ""4 PLANTS OF BELIZE & THEIR USES IN ANCIENT & CONTEMPORARY TIMES: AN ETHNOBOTANICAL COMPENDIUM""; ""NON-FLOWERING PLANTS""; ""Ferns and Fern Allies""; ""Gymnosperms""; ""FLOWERING PLANTS""; ""Monocotyledons""; ""Dicotyledons""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Despite its small size, Belize is one of the most ecologically diverse nations in Central America. Over 3,400 species of plants can be found here, within six different ecological life zones. Because of this, Belize is paradise for ecotourists, hosting over 300,000 visitors annually, who enjoy the natural habitat and friendly people of this nation. Many of the plants of Belize have a long history of being ""useful,"" with properties that have served traditional herbal healers of the region as well as modern medicinal applications. With Messages from the Gods: A Guide to the Useful Plants of Bel

Record Nr.

UNISA996390780303316

Autore

Wilkinson Henry <1610-1675.>

Titolo

Babylons ruine, Jerusalems rising [[electronic resource] ] : Set forth in a sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, on the 25 Octob. being the day appointed for the monthly fast, solemnly to be observed. By Henry Wilkinson, B.D. late divinity reader in Magdalen Hall Oxford. Published by order of that house

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London, : Printed for Chr. Meredith, and Sa. Gellibrand, and are to be sold at their shops in Pauls Church-yard., 1644 [i.e. 1643]

Descrizione fisica

[8], 32 p

Soggetti

Sermons, English - 17th century