Indigenous Conversations: How traditional Aboriginal healing is filling the gaps of Western medicine

Traditional Aboriginal healer Debbie Watson

Traditional Aboriginal healer Debbie Watson Source: ANTAC

For 60,000 years, traditional Aboriginal healers or ngankari (pronounced as "nun-ka-ri") have treated patients using a set of ancient medical knowledge system passed down from generations. Today, the 21st century ngankaris are being reintroduced into the health system to treat ailments Western medicine cannot cure. Amy Chien-Yu Wang has the story.



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