bush medicine

• • Aboriginal people have a detailed knowledge base passed down through generations of traditional use of different plants to treat disease symptoms.
• • This knowledge needs to be preserved as scientists are now discovering that these plants have bioactive chemical compounds including antimicrobial properties. The increase and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria combined with the rise of emerging infectious diseases means that these bioactive chemical compounds in native plants may hold potential solutions. 
• • A plant used by Aboriginal people for healing properties in increasing the rate for healing cuts on their skin and other skin conditions.