{"product_id":"karnta-jukurrpa-womens-dreaming-bush-medicine-2-original-art","title":"Karnta Jukurrpa (Women's Dreaming) - Bush Medicine 2 - Original Art","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis i\u003c\/span\u003es an original artwork by artist - Patricia Nakamarra Oldfield, a member of the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAdditional canvas around the edge of the painting allows for stretching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtwork measures\u003cstrong\u003e - 30 x 30 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis original artwork is unframed and shipped rolled up to your door! We have very competitive framing options on our site - see tab below to get a free online quote. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA stamped certificate of authenticity is supplied by Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation with this artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWarlukurlangu Artists is famous for its gloriously colourful acrylic paintings and limited edition prints. The Aboriginal art centre has a national and international profile and its art has been featured in hundreds of exhibitions and publications in Australia and around the world. Warlukurlangu means ‘belonging to fire’ in the local language, Warlpiri, and is named for a fire dreaming site west of Yuendumu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstablished in 1985 Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation that is 100% Aboriginal-owned by its artists from the remote desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia. Proceeds from the sale of all art go directly back to the artists and their community projects. Warlukurlangu Artists is supported by funding from the Australian Government through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree shipping in Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTWORK STORY:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAboriginal medicine is widely practised in the Northern Territory today. It\u003cbr\u003eis a complex system closely linked to the culture and beliefs of the\u003cbr\u003epeople, their understanding of the land and its flora and fauna. It is a\u003cbr\u003eholistic approach, intergrating the social, physical and spiritual aspects\u003cbr\u003eof health and life. The Warlpiri health system includes the ngangkayikirli\u003cbr\u003eor traditional healers; the Yawulyuceremonies, (Napangardi Women’s\u003cbr\u003eJukurrpa); and the Herbal or Bush Medicine. Depicted in this painting\u003cbr\u003eare the bush medicine plants that grow on traditional homelands in the\u003cbr\u003eNorthern Territory, plants that are collected by the women. The Warlpiri\u003cbr\u003ehave extensive knowledge of plants, and the use of bush medicine is\u003cbr\u003eshared by the whole family and not to any particular group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver fifty different medicinal plants have been recorded, all containing\u003cbr\u003ebiologically active compounds. They are mainly used symptomatically for\u003cbr\u003ecoughs and colds, pains and aches, and digestive problems. Some are\u003cbr\u003eused as dressings for wounds and sores. Plants used on sores and\u003cbr\u003ewounds contain proteolytic enzymes that help healing. Below are just a\u003cbr\u003efew of the many medicinal plants that grow in the Northern Territory.\u003cbr\u003eIn preparing tonics, Bitter Bark (Alstonia constricta), is often used, which\u003cbr\u003econtains reserpine, a tranquilliser and antihypertensive. Gumbi Gumbi\u003cbr\u003e(pittosprum angustifolium), a small shrub with little star-shaped yellow\u003cbr\u003eflowers and yellow\/orange skinned fruit, a versatile indigenous medicine,\u003cbr\u003eis used in a number of traditional medicinal applications, from the\u003cbr\u003etreatment of coughs and colds to eczema, and even used for lactagogue\u003cbr\u003e(milk let-down) activity. Although both the fruit and the seeds have\u003cbr\u003emedicinal properties, it is the leaves (used as a tea, tonic, dried in\u003cbr\u003ecapsules or in salves\/creams), that yield the most effective treatments.\u003cbr\u003eThe readily available native lemon grasses (Cymbopogon ambiguus A.\u003cbr\u003eCamus) is also used as a tea\/tonic, and is effective for treating\u003cbr\u003ediarrhoea, and coughs, sore throats and colds. It can also be applied to\u003cbr\u003ethe skin for treatment of rashes and sores, and a root poultice mixture\u003cbr\u003ecan be applied to ears for earaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNgalyipi(Snake Vine - Hibbertia scandens), is another effective anti-\u003cbr\u003einflammatory and antiseptic bush medicine. The leaves and stems are\u003cbr\u003ewarmed and mashed into a paste and used for pain of arthritis, for joints\u003cbr\u003eand other inflammation caused by injuries. Ngarlkirdi (Witchetty Grub), a\u003cbr\u003egood bush tucker is also a good bush medicine and when crushed and\u003cbr\u003emade into a paste is used externally for the treatment of burns and open\u003cbr\u003ewounds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlukurlangu Artists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54350911963425,"sku":"3596\/26","price":188.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2691\/2256\/files\/Screenshot2026-11-04at2.11.55pm.png?v=1793762638","url":"https:\/\/greenhouseinteriors.com.au\/en-gb\/products\/karnta-jukurrpa-womens-dreaming-bush-medicine-2-original-art","provider":"Greenhouse Interiors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}