Palau Primary Health Care Manual: Health Care in Palau: Combining Conventional Treatments and Traditional Uses of Plants for Health and Healing

by Michael J. Balick, Stephen M. Dahmer, Ann Hillmann Kitalong

The Republic of Palau in the Caroline Islands has a traditional medical system developed over many generations. The Palau Primary Health Care Manual compiles traditional ethnomedical information about plants and presents it within the context of Western Medicine. Many common health conditions are discussed in this book, including those specific to Palauan culture. The book is divided into chapters that discuss plant therapies used in traditional medical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477446354
• ISBN13: 9781477446355
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.0"