Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Generally, bush medicine in Australia is made from plant materials, such as bark, leaves and seeds, although animal products were used as well. [6] A major component of traditional medicine is herbal medicine, which is the use of natural plant substances to treat or prevent illness. [7] Aboriginal remedies vary among the many Aboriginal groups ...
Generally, bush medicine used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia is made from plant materials, such as bark, leaves and seeds, although animal products may be used as well. [33] A major component of traditional medicine is herbal medicine, which is the use of natural plant substances to treat or prevent illness. [34]
Solanum aviculare is an upright shrub that can grow up to 4 m (13 ft) tall. [7] The leaves are 8–30 cm (3.1–12 in) long, lobed or entire, with any lobes being 1–10 cm (0.4–4 in) long. Its hermaphroditic (having both male and female organs) flowers are white, mauve to blue-violet, 25–40 mm (0.98–1.6 in) wide, and are followed by ...
Ipomoea biloba Forssk. Ipomoea pes-caprae, also known as bayhops, bay-hops, beach morning glory, railroad vine, [3] or goat's foot, is a common pantropical creeping vine belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. It grows on the upper parts of beaches and endures salted air. It is one of the most common and most widely distributed salt tolerant ...
Echinacea was one of the basic antimicrobial herbs of eclectic medicine from the mid 19th century through the early 20th century, and its use was documented for snakebite, anthrax, and for relief of pain. In the 1930s echinacea became popular in both Europe and America as an herbal medicine.
Eremophila bignoniiflora, commonly known as Bignonia emu bush, creek wilga, dogwood, and river argee is a plant in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory and all mainland states of Australia. It is also used by various Aboriginal Australian groups as bush medicine, and known as eurah or eura (Kamilaroi ...
Five sangomas in KwaZulu-Natal. Traditional healers of Southern Africa are practitioners of traditional African medicine in Southern Africa.They fulfil different social and political roles in the community like divination, healing physical, emotional, and spiritual illnesses, directing birth or death rituals, finding lost cattle, protecting warriors, counteracting witchcraft and narrating the ...
Akeyulerre was established in 2000 by Arrernte Elders and community members and was created with the aim of strengthening their community and culture and address their communities serious health and social issues. Many Aboriginal people in Central Australia suffer from the diseases of the third world. [1] The three founders of the healing ...