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Meet a Bushman Healer
One of the highlights of our visit to Ghanzi was accompanying, Setano, a healer on a bush walk. He pointed out, with the help of Gurt our translator, the various medicines that can be found in the Kalahari, including the famous Devil’s Claw. We asked Setano if he could heal Pauline's swollen lympth node and he gave her an acacia root to chew. He tied a necklace of the same root around her neck, with two matching wristbands and she was ordered to wait for them to fall off by themselves, at which time the swelling will have gone. The two wristbands went first but the necklace is still in place, though the swelling has gone down drastically, so much so that the planned surgery has been postponed and the gland is being monitored. Setano has been given a home at Chris and Jeanette Woolcott’s Thakadu camp, so you can take your ills to him. If you have a more serious condition Andrea...
