yirrijkaji

Photographer: Penny Smith

No common name

Dodonaea polyzyga

Jangkakarni-wu-purrupurru ngurnayinangulu kamparnana murluny-jawung-kulu-ma yirrijkaji-yawung-kulu. Nyawa-ma yirrijkaji-ma kamparnup marntara-yawung-ku nyampa-wu, kulykulya-wu, ngarlaka-wu wankaj-ku kuyawu karu-purrupurru nyamu-lu-wa karrinyana ngajkula-yawung-ku jumpurn ngurnayinangulu kamparnana nyawa-yawung-kulu.
We also smoke people with yirrijkaji by putting the leaves on warm coals until it smokes. We use it for people with head sores, congestion or a headache. We also smoke kids with this kind of medicine when they have diarrhoea.

Speaker: Violet Wadrill