Book ID: 64314
Morris, Brian
Chewa medical botany: a study of herbalism in Southern Malawi.1995. (Monographs from the International African Institute,2) 557 p.
Grouped in 2 parts (The Herbalist Tradition & Medicinal Plants ofMalawi). The first part contains chapters on Chewa Plant Classification,Herbalists and Biomedicine, Chewa Conceptions of Disease, Divinationand Witchcraft.The second part offers an annotated checklist of themedicinal plants of Malawi, a list of conditions treated by herbalistsand the plants prescribed, bibliography, index of local and scientificnames.