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- - - - natural acidic Australia fruits used to boost their body's nutrient level
        
        reduced their chance of having scurvy disease
    - - when exposed to water the leaves are able to lather or produce a soap solution
        
        have antibacterial properties and act as an antiseptic
        
        used to heal cuts on their skin
        
        leaves contain saponin acid which has the ability to suppress bacteria growth
    - - hydrated iron hydroxide
      - treats stomach upsets and heart burns
      - reacts and neutralised with any excess hydrochloric acid in the stomach
    - - plant that has healing properties
      - increasing rate of healing cuts on their skin and other skin conditions
      - shown to contain a molecules called conocurovone
        
        capable of killing the HIV virus that can be used to cure AIDS
    - - animal fat was often into plant material
        
        increased the fat solubility of the plant substance and increase absorption rates into the tissues
  - - - early introduction of the billycan changed traditional practices of soaking herbs in water to extract the important substances
        
        boiling is faster but may destroy some of the active ingredients - essential to the remedy
  - - - small shrub/herbs with few branches
      - insect pollinated
      - younger leaves have three nerves and are longer and broader than mature leaves
      - fruit is a small nut often with a hairy fringe at the base
- - - - antioxidant properties allow them to be used as ingredients in skin treatment products
        
        restores skin elasticity and skin membrane
      - also incorporated in natural medicines to help boost vitamin C levels
    - - bark of the tree is crushed and boiled to produce ash
        
        ash is turned into a paste and used as a liniment to relieve muscle or body pains
    - - used to manufacture rampipril to treat high blood pressure
      - used as a medicine to improve survival rate of after a heart attack
    - - used to treat AIDS in 1995 and onwards
      - Aboriginal people did not receive recognition/payment for the healing capacity of the plants
- - - - Aboriginal's are unable to receive the recognition or monetary benefits they could have
  - - - there is no written or visual proof