Rongoa Maori : a practical guide to traditional Maori medicine / Rob McGowan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Tauranga [N.Z.] : Robert McGowan, 2014Edition: Second editionDescription: 70 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Other title:
  • Practical guide to traditional Maori medicine
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 615.32108999442 23
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction -- Starting points: key principles -- Finding the right teacher -- Learning from books and published sources -- Publications on rongoa Maori -- Publications to help with tree identification -- Where to learn -- Developing a personal relationship with the forest -- Connections to traditional medicines of other cultures -- Rongoa is a taonga -- Tahi wairua -- Learning about taha wairua -- Key words : Mauri, Tapu and noa, Mana, The place of karakia -- The Treaty of Waitangi and Maori health issues -- Practical issues -- Te taha rakau: learning about the plants -- Identifying native plants -- Tikanga issues -- Some useful guidelines -- Harvesting rongoa -- Preparing rongoa -- Getting back to basics -- What about seling rongoa -- Wai 262: Intellectual property rights -- He kupu whakamutuna: a final word.
Summary: The book was prepared for people who wish to learn rongoa Maori.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Starting points: key principles -- Finding the right teacher -- Learning from books and published sources -- Publications on rongoa Maori -- Publications to help with tree identification -- Where to learn -- Developing a personal relationship with the forest -- Connections to traditional medicines of other cultures -- Rongoa is a taonga -- Tahi wairua -- Learning about taha wairua -- Key words : Mauri, Tapu and noa, Mana, The place of karakia -- The Treaty of Waitangi and Maori health issues -- Practical issues -- Te taha rakau: learning about the plants -- Identifying native plants -- Tikanga issues -- Some useful guidelines -- Harvesting rongoa -- Preparing rongoa -- Getting back to basics -- What about seling rongoa -- Wai 262: Intellectual property rights -- He kupu whakamutuna: a final word.

The book was prepared for people who wish to learn rongoa Maori.

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