Trail 4 - Medicine from Plants
| What happens if you get ill in the rainforest, Mirim?
"My community knows a lot about the plants that grow and we can use them to cure illness. We also take sick people to a SHAMAN, which means ‘one who sees’. We believe that a Shaman can speak to the spirit world to find out what is causing the illness."
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Here is a STAFF that is used in a healing ritual. |
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Did you know that in the Western World, we also use hundreds of medicines that come from rainforest plants? Because there are so many plants in the rainforest that have never been identified, it is possible that some could be used to cure serious diseases. One of the problems about destroying the forest is that these plants can become extinct before we ever know of their healing properties. |
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Do you want to see what else we can make from plants and trees?
