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Bush Medicine in Dominica: Ethnophysiology and Medical Ethnobotany in a Caribbean Horticultural Village, by Marsha B. Quinlan and Katherine E. Flores | Society of Ethnobiology

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Momordica charantia [Family: Cucurbitaceae; Common Names: Bitter-melon, Bitter-gourd, Bitter-squash, Goya [from the indigenous language of Okinawa] and Karavella from Sanskrit]. It is a tropical and sub-tropical vine, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit, which is among the most bitter of all fruits. It's many varieties differ substantially in shape and bitterness Bitter melon originated on the Indian subcontinent, and was carried to China in the 14th…

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For perhaps fifty thousand years the Aboriginal people have lived, and lived well, in Australia. They have developed a unique knowledge of native plants and a deep understanding of the value of many animal products. BUSH FOOD is an exploration of these traditional skills and a compendium of the ...

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Artemisia vulgare Artemisia vulgare - NL: Bijvoet - F: Armoise Mugwort is a powerful medicinal plant, that has been traditionally used for thousand of years. In China it is commonly used even as food and to make moxabustion - an important part of the Chinese Traditional healing methods. Its most famous healing properties are related to troubles in the digestive tract, strengthening the stomach, and as a general tonic of the women’s reproductive system, relieving menstrual cramps and helping…

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In this video, Tāwhao Tioke explains the uses of harakeke (flax), and notes that traditionally all plants in the bush had some medicinal use. He is from Ngāi Tūhoe, and as a child was taught the traditional uses of plants by his elders.

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