puṉu ngangkaṟi

medicinal plants

ilintji
native lemon grass, scented oil grass (Cymbopogon ambiguus)

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Aṉangu ngaalytjarangku ilintji rungkaṟa kapingka tjunkula wari tjikilpai.
A person who has congestion grinds native lemon grass, puts it in water and drinks it cold (in order to relieve it).
karingaṉa
mint bush (Prostanthera striatiflora)

id:9936 order:490

Kaṟingaṉa aṯuṟa yuṟuṟa kapuṯuṟa pilpirta nyitilpai ka palyaringkupai.
One smashes the mint bush (leaves) makes it into a poultice and rubs it on (the sick person’s) chest and they get better.
ngaṟankuṟa
mintjingka
native fuchsia (Eremophila latrobei)

id:9937 order:491

Witapi pakuringkunyangka ngaṟankuṟa parkangka nyitiṟa palyaringkupai.
When someone has a sore back they rub it with native fuchsia leaves and it gets better.
ilykuwara
witchetty bush (Acacia kempeana)

id:9938 order:493

Waṉkangku aṉangu puunnyangka ilykuwara parka waṟungka witaṟa tjunkupai.
When a caterpillar nest (droppings) get onto a person’s skin he takes some witchetty bush leaves heats them over a fire and puts them (on the itches).
papawitilpa
kaḻpil-kaḻpilpa
medicinal melon (Mukia maderaspatana)

id:9939 order:494

Aṉangu waṟuringkunyangka papawitilpa nyaḻpi runyuṟa nyitilpai.
When a person get’s fever he mashes some medicinal melon leaves and rubs them on himself.
parkilypa
parakeelya (Calandrinia balonensis)

id:9940 order:496

Ailuru puḻkangka aṉangungku parkilypa tjulkuṟa tjikilpai mina wiyangka.
When it’s very dry and there’s no water (around) a person squeezes a parakeelya plant and drinks the liquid.