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This tradition, called bush medicine was brought to the bahamas by african slaves and gained importance in the out islands where doctors were rarely available. Bush medicine of the bahamas is a video series based on a fouryear research project in the bahamas. A powerful guide to popular bahamian remedies and bush teas. Profit from book sales is used to support ongoing bush medicine research on south andros, bahamas. This book, a comprehensive treatment of bahamian bush medicine, is dedicated to the preservation and continued use of this knowledge before it is lost. Bush medicine in the bahamas a taste of the bahamas. Nearly 100 plants in the islands of the bahamas have been used to cure many. A crosscultural perspective from san salvador island, including pharmacology and oral histories. Traditionally in the bahamas, specifically on many of our family islands, medical clinics are few and far between. Not sure as a doctor i am supposed to support bush medicine, but. Both of these two groups had a strong sense of the use of nature and bush in their culture. Portions of the video transcripts as well as audio tran.

I have gathered quite a bit of history of south andros, and conducted some. Both groups came to the bahamas around the 1700s and 1800s. Bush medicine of the bahamas is the result of extensive ethnobotanical and scientific. Bush medicine practitioner, bertram forbes, goes out into the bush to demonstrate 15 medicinal plants including. Klinger book award for outstanding book of the year. This video was part of our fouryear research project and. A powerful guide to popular bahamian remedies and bush. Upon approval of your order, your personalized e book is delivered by a download link. A crosscultural perspective from san salvador island, including pharmacology and oral histories jeffrey holt mccormack, kathleen maier, patricia b wallens on. The title of our next book is tentatively bush medicine of the bahamas. Bush medicine in the bahamas 1969 edition open library. This form of medicine is of value today not only for what it tells us of a unique culture but for what it might have to teach us about traditional healing. This 400page book, bush medicine of the bahamas a crosscultural perspective from san salvador island, features a unique.

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