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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]
The coca plant resembles a blackthorn bush, and grows to a height of 2 to 3 m (7 to 10 ft). The branches are curved, and the leaves are thin, opaque, oval, and taper at the extremities. The branches are curved, and the leaves are thin, opaque, oval, and taper at the extremities.
The plant has been used for centuries in the South Pacific to make a ceremonial drink with sedative and anesthetic properties, with potential for causing liver injury. [117] Piscidia erythrina / Piscidia piscipula: Jamaica dogwood: The plant is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of insomnia and anxiety, despite serious safety ...
There are many plants in Africa that can be used for medicinal purposes and more than 4000 are used for this purpose in the tropical regions of Africa. [16] Medicinal plants are used in the treatments of many diseases and illnesses, the uses and effects of which are of growing interest to Western societies.
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]
It was once so commonly used it was called "the king of the 100 herbs". [56] [57] The monkshood plant contains what is called "the queen of poisons", the highly toxic alkaloid aconitine. [58] Aconitine is easily absorbed through the skin, eyes and through the lining of the nose; Death may occur through respiratory paralysis.
Archaeological evidence indicates that the use of medicinal plants dates back to the Paleolithic age, approximately 60,000 years ago. Written evidence of herbal remedies dates back over 5,000 years to the Sumerians, who compiled lists of plants. Some ancient cultures wrote about plants and their medical uses in books called herbals.
The leaves of the coca plant have been chewed by people in northern Peruvian societies for over 8,000 years, [19] while the use of cannabis as a psychoactive substance dates back to the first century CE in China and northern Africa. [20] Indigenous Australian peoples developed "bush medicine" based on plants that were readily available to them ...