Torsten Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by reville:Torsten you seem to have edited my post instead of replying to it? Ohh shit. I am terribly sorry!!!! And there was some good stuff there too. Does anybody have a copy by any chance?? Doubt it. I hope you will rewrite it rev. Again, I am terribly sorry. I know how it happens and I usually watch out it doesn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest reville Posted September 11, 2002 OK. no worries T. ill get the species again i think thats what the post was mostly. OK Plants used by the shamans of Borneo as taken from Jay H. Bernstein Spirits captured in stone : Shamanism and Traditionbal medicine among the Taman of Borneo The shamans of the Taman are known as Balien. To become a balien , one is not trained but rather initiated. "A person does not become a balien by recieving tarining but through induction in an initiation ceremony. To understand the nature of balienism as a medical discipline, it is necessary to grasp the fact that people become baliens through an involuntary process, unlike the practitioners of pharmaceutical cures, who acuire medical knowledge for purposes og gain. While uncommon or oil based medicines used by ordinary people are mystified by being kept secret, baliens are people of known status , initiated in public ceremonies, Unlike the secretive nonproffessionalized medicinal cureres in their society , they are obliged to cure when called upon. The predisposing condition leading to a persons inauguration as a balien is inferred from dreams and physical and behavioural signs (including some commonly recognised as illness) that suggest an ineluctable destiny to join this healing vocation. The menyarung ceremony Thjsi is the ceremony in which initiates become Balien..It is both complex and expensive, the cost being equal to approx. 6 months earnings.It goes for 3 days straight followed by one one rest night and day and then one more day. Central to the ceremont is a structure called a kalangkang on it are placed many plant parts, artefacts and special stones plants include: Banoh Acanthaceae Gendarussa vulgaris Bunga Balien Lycopodiaceae Lycopodium phlegmaria Riribu Schizaaeceae Lygodium flexuosum also Boiled for tea to treat nervous and muscular tension. Tabas Pusa' Verbenaceae Clerodendrum cf. squamatum Taraksio Rutaceae Tetractomia obovata Tentabong Melastomaceae Medinilla sp. Kalambibit Convovulaceae Merremia umbellata eaten by baliens while dancing in th eclimax session of the initiation in which they capture the animal spirits in the magical stones. Other species of interest are Abung Abung Asteraceae Blumea balsamifera Boiled in water and drunk to treat shivers, headaches, and labour pains. Bararan kuning Menispermaceae Fibraurea chloroleuca Vines are boiled and water drunk to treat hepatitis Bararan sasait Rubiaceae Uncaria sclerophyllla Waer boiled and either drunk as a tea or put on nipple of nursing mothers to treat stomacaches and thrish in children Bunga endong Apiaceae Centella asiatica (yes , gotu kola) Boiled as a tea and drunk to reduce swelling Bunga randi' Malvaceae Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Leaves crushed and compressed o infected wounds to draw out pus. Bungkang Mytraceae Syzigium polyanthum Bark is used in treating diarrhoea Cangkok Euphorbiaceae Sauropus androgynus Reduces body heat in fever, or mixed with chili pepper leaves , yeast and hot water to indice labour in women Dung ilung Araceae Homalomena propiqua Burned to frighten ghosts Dung kalangkang Ophioglossaceae Helminthostachys zeylanica Boiled as tea to cure internal illnesses, especially of the liver. Dung malu Fabaceae Mimosa pudica Ashes of burnt leaves heal wounds Juaran Rubiaceae Crushed in water and rubbed on the body to treat infection , swelling and fever. Karambai Rubiaceae Psychotria sp. Boiled in water, which si brushed on the skin to treat scabies. Kulat tembus Polyporaceae Amaurodermia sp. Burned , mixed with water and brushed on limbs that have fallen asleep. Kumis kucing Labiatae Orthosiphon stamieus Drunk as tea to treat urinary tract disorders Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
