Australian Aborigine

B13. Budtz-Olsen, O. E., Haptoglobins and hemoglobins in Australian aborigines, with a simple method for the estimation of haptoglobins. Med. ]. Australia 45, 689 (1958). 

Semple, S.-J. et al.. Antiviral flavonoid from Pterocaulon sphacelatum, an Australian aboriginal medicine, J. Ethnopharmacol., 68, 283, 1999. 

Although flowers have played a role in healing for centuries — Australian Aborigines and Native Americans were using remedies made from flowers to ease emotional trauma and achieve peace of mind thousands of years ago — the healing power of flowers was only rediscovered in the West in the 1920s when it was revived by Edward Bach, who provided the following attributes ... 

Long before Captain Cook discovered Australia and drank tea made from the leaves of the tea tree, Australian Aboriginals used the leaves of this tree for various purposes, including its healing properties. The leaves were ground up and formed into packages with clay, which were used to treat all kinds of skin conditions and infections. Tea tree oil is... 

Trotter, M. and Duggins, O. H., Hair of Australian aborigines (Arnhem Land), Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 14, 649,1956. 

The vocation of shaman is found in nearly all archaic cultures, from the Australian aborigines to the Jivaro Indians of central Ecuador and Pern to the Yakut tribes of Siberia. It is believed to have originated among these Siberian peoples, though its diffusion into other cultures must have taken place very early in prehistory for, along with sorcerers, magicians, and priests, shamanism can be counted among the oldest of professions. 

The myrtle family provides a number of important timber qrecies, including those of the genera Eucalyptus and Melaleuca. Eucalyptus provided the Australian aborigines the oppoitunity to make di es and canoes. The roots of some species were used for food. 

Alcohol appears to at least add to the hypnotic effect of kava in mice, and was also observed to increase the lethality of kava (37). These findings may be of importance because some Australian Aboriginal populations now frequently consume kava with alcohol. Concomitant use of barbiturates, melatonin, and other psychopharmacological agents might potentiate the effects of kava as well (38). The hepatotoxic potential of kava (27) also raises concerns about concomitant alcohol use. 

Palmer LJ, Pare PD, Faux JA, et al FcsRl-p polymorphism and total serum IgE levels in endem-ically parasitized Australian aborigines. Am J Hum Genet 1997 61 182-188. (Ill)... 

Dried leaves of Duboisia hopwoodi chewed or smoked by Australian Aborigines. Contains hyoscine qv and nornicotine. Delays hunger. 

Kiloh LG, Lethlean AK, Morgan G, et al. 1980. An endemic neurological disorder in tribal Australian aborigines. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiat 43 661-668. 

Natural quinones also exert antiviral activity against other viruses, such as the Epstein-Barr virus and poliovirus type 2 and 3 [163-165], For example, chrysophanic acid (l,8-dihydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone) isolated from the Australian Aboriginal medicinal plant Dianella longifolia Street has been found to inhibit the replication of poliovirus type 2 and 3 in vitro. Four structurally-related anthraquinones (rhein, Fig. (5), 1,8-... 

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