Bush medicine is the term used in Australia by Aboriginal people to describe their traditional medicinal knowledge and practices. Aboriginal Flag Australian Aborigines is a name used to collectively describe most of the indigenous peoples of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ...

The term is often used in conjunction with Bush tucker. Bush Tucker is a colloquial Australian term for any food native to Australia and eaten before European colonisation. ...

Different language groups have different bush medicine knowledge, based on where they live in Australia. Many Aboriginal people still use this knowledge today.

Generally, bush medicine is composed of plant materials, such as bark, leaves and seeds. However, animal products can sometimes be used, such as emu fat. Binomial name Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) Synonyms Dromiceius novaehollandiae The Emu (IPA pronunciation: ), Dromaius novaehollandiae, is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. ...

Steaming, smoking and heating were also an important bush medicine remedies, often carried out on newborn babies.

Some examples of bush medicine include:

• Paperbark
  • young leaves chewed to alleviate headache
• Bean tree
  • bark used

The plant genus Melaleuca is part of the Myrtle family (Myrtaceae) and presently contains about 170 species. ... A headache (medically known as cephalalgia, sometimes spelled as cephalgia) is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. ...

External links

• Yindjibarndi bush medicine
• Healing Secrets of Bush Medicine
• ABC Dimensions program