Please note - not all medicinal uses are internal, and no part of any plant should be consumed on the basis of its inclusion in this list nor without knowledge and training in safe practice. We offer no medicinal advice, only that these species are of cultural value.

We also have socioethical reservations about publishing any detail of traditional medical knowledge. Of course, we want to preserve the valuable species, and safeguard ancient knowledge of their medicinal properties to be available for future generations. However, this knowledge is the intellectual property and livelihood source of the traditional practitioners who are the stewards of this wisdom. There are unfortunately some unscrupulous pharmacological developers who fail to compensate licenced traditional medicinal practitioners adequately for sharing their expertise in medical uses for plants that may prove economically lucrative. We are at pains not to enable this behaviour.

For both these reasons I will not include information about what medical properties are attributed to each plant here, nor on how they are traditionally prepared. Those who wish to know more should consult the professional services and publications of licenced traditional practitioners. less ↑