Guni medicine.(Commentary)

Four Hands on Health Australia (HOHA) volunteer practitioners recently visited northern India to embark on their pilot project with grass roots non government organisation Jagran Jan Vikas Samiti. The team spent ten days liaising, learning and treating patients from the rural districts of Udaipur. After meeting with local traditional herbalists, the importance of reviving indigenous medicines became the visit's focal point.

Perth practitioners Maniisha Bluntschli and Kim Page met Geelong therapists Janine Castle and Melinda Kraus in southern Rajasthan for an intensive preliminary visit in April this year. HOHA committee members had been eagerly planning a hands on trip to Udaipur to formalise future plans for over twelve months. With passionate practitioners and a large amount of donated medicines, the committee had been keen to find an …