CHAPTER 4 Local Innovations to Folk Medical Conditions Two Major Phytotherapeutic Treatments from the Maltese Islands

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables xi
5. List of Appendices xiii
6. CHAPTER 1 The Ethnobotany of Europe, Past and Present 1
7. CHAPTER 2 People and Plants in Lëpushë Traditional Medicine, Local Foods and Postcommunism in a Northern Albanian Village 16
8. CHAPTER 3 The Cultural Significance of Wildgathered Plant Species in Kartitsch (Eastern Tyrol, Austria) and the Influence of Socioeconomic Changes on Local Gathering Practices 51
9. CHAPTER 4 Local Innovations to Folk Medical Conditions Two Major Phytotherapeutic Treatments from the Maltese Islands 76
10. Chapter 5 Local Awareness of Scarcity and Endangerment of Medicinal Plants in Roussenski Lom Natural Park in Northern Bulgaria 93
11. CHAPTER 6 ‘My Doctor Doesn’t Understand Why I Use Them’ Herbal and Food Medicines amongst the Bangladeshi Community in West Yorkshire, U.K. 112
12. CHAPTER 7 Persistence of Wild Food and Wild Medicinal Plant Knowledge in a Northeastern Region of Portugal 147
13. Chapter 8 The Use of Wild Edible Plants in the Graecanic Area in Calabria, Southern Italy 172
14. CHAPTER 9 The Ecology and Use of Edible Thistles in Évora, Alentejo, Southeastern Portugal 189
15. CHAPTER 10 Spring is Coming The Gathering and Consumption of Wild Vegetables in Spain 211
16. CHAPTER 11 Plants as Symbols in Scotland Today 239
17. CHAPTER 12 The Botanical Identity and Cultural Signifi cance of Lithuanian Jovaras An Ethnobotanical Riddle 246
18. CHAPTER 13 Norway’s Rosmarin (Rhododendron tomentosum) in Past and Present Tradition 263
19. CHAPTER 14 Chamomiles in Spain The Dynamics of Plant Nomenclature 282
20. CHAPTER 15 A Preliminary Study of the Plant Knowledge and Grassland Management Practices of English Livestock Farmers, with Implications for Grassland Conservation 307
21. CHAPTER 16 A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Allotments in Gravesham, Kent, U.K. 329
22. Notes on Contributors 359
23. Index 363