‘bush’ medicines are still in use. For example, the condition we recognize as depression was also known traditionally among one particular Aboriginal group who used a plant medicine for its treatment. This condition was known in the local dialect asakwuwerrik barrnga, which translates literally...
They have embraced a holistic approach to medicine, integrating Western knowledge with their Indigenous perspective. Their patient-centered care involves building strong relationships with their patients, focusing on their overall well-being, and understanding the impact of their patients’ life circumstances...
host Dr Mikayla Couch shares an Indigenous perspective on plant-based medicine, as she chats with Bundjalung man and Gardening Australia presenter Uncle Clarence Slockee about the medicinal and health benefits of Indigenous plants.
This paper provides an account of hunter-gatherer use of plants as sources of food, medicine and artefact-making material in the Adelaide region of South Australia. The historical record of Aboriginal life in this region has major gaps, which the current work has addressed using information gained...
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“I didn’t know much about bush medicine, now I have a good understanding of bush medicine. Yeah, it’s really good but as long as they use properly. Like I learnt the proper way, if you use it the wrong way”. HP011 Community Member & Aboriginal Health Worker 2b. Clinic and scho...
a great trouble to investigators is the lack of words in the aboriginal language; the one word pitcheri had to deal with the whole subject; the bush,Acacia salicina, in this country (Lake Eyre district) was more often known as pitcheri than by it's native namewirra. The ashes resulting...
To listen to theNITV Radio SBS BLA.C.K Medicinepodcast episodeBush medicine: The healing properties of Indigenous plant-based medicinein full clickhere. Horticulturalist Uncle Clarence Slockee. Image source: SBS NITV Radio website. Sector Jobs– you can see sector job listings on the NACCHO ...
Djarpanbuluwuy V, Andrews RM, Judd J. Cross-Cultural, Aboriginal Language, Discovery Education for Health Literacy and Informed Consent in a Remote Aboriginal Community in the Northern Territory, Australia.Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2018; 3(1):15. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalme...
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