Plants, Spirits, And Healing

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illness. Some can be made of
various items including teeth or bone. Masks are used in ceremonies. The
medicine man usually wears the mask to inspire fear and belief. Australian
Aboriginal groups have initiation rites, that can involve pulling teeth,
bloodletting, or burning and scaring of the body. Then, ointments and
balms made from herbs and other substances would be applied after the
ceremony.
The shaman have different uses for different kinds of plants. The
squawroot also know as the multipurpose plant is a traditional remedy in
some North American Tribes. It eases nerve and muscle pain, arthritis,
headaches, cramps and other muscle spasms, asthma, and it also reduces
swelling and soreness in the throat. Most of the time just the dried roots
and underground stems are used. In South America chewing coca leaves was a
way of starving off hunger, exhaustion, and numbing pain and fatigue.
Eucalyptus leaves are a traditional remedy of the Australian Aboriginals.
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