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Herbal Healing practices for livestock in Kutch, Gujarat |
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"Pastoral Wisdom from Banni, Kutch
Banni is Asia�s largest pasture with a variety of about sixty species of grasses, some are very rich in nutrition. In the last few decades, it was encroached upon by the Prosopis juliflora, ganda bawal and few other non edible shrubs. This has affected the quality of pasture adversely. Thousands of pastorlists graze cattle, sheep, goat and also camels in the pasture land to eke out their living. P Vivekanand, one of the oldest partners of the Honey Bee Network walked in the Banni area recently and documented the traditional knowledge of pastoralists, in particular, Misiri Bhai, Lakhara village, Kucth, Gujarat. He did this in collaboration with Sahjeevan, a NGO in Kutch." |
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"1. White diarrhea in calves of buffaloes A mixture of Buttermilk 500 ml, salt 50gm and jaggery 50gm is administered orally for seven days. Also see Honey Bee, 17(3):15, 2006;
Honey Bee, 16(2):16, 2005)
2. Wounds and Injuries
Wounds and injuries are common in animals and if they are due to some collision with hard substance like wall, a cloth bandage with a few drops of honey applied over the affected region gives good results.
3. Constipation
Paste of two powdered seeds of Palash tree (Butea monosperma) and diluted in water has to be administered orally.
4. Bloat in Dairy Animals
A paste with 2-3 leaves of Aloe Vera, 25gm of ordinary salt, 25gm of rock salt, 20gm turmeric given twice for three days reduces the bloating in dairy animals. Also see Honey Bee, 5(3):15, 1994, Honey Bee, 15(3):14, 2004,
Honey Bee 21(2):11, 2010
6. Consumption of soil along with feed A mixture of 250gm old Jaggery, 200ml honey, 250gms date palm fruits admin- istered orally reduces the effects caused by consuming the soil.
7. To ease milking/overcoming hard teats
In buffaloes, problem of hard teats results in difficulty in milking. For this mixture of 1kg garlic, 1 kg jaggery 1 kg ground is divided into eight parts. It is administered for four days twice a day.
8. Wounds of FMD Mustard oil 50 ml, mixed with 10ml latex of sapota (unripened fruits) and applied over the wounds in the mouth and foot region of cows/buffaloes helps in healing the wounds. This gives best results if con- tinued for five days. For wounds in the foot region, a few villagers apply cold water mixed with common salt. They also fill the animal sheds with the smoke of burning dried fish.
9. For Mastitis
The affected dairy animals show clog- ging of milk with pale yellow-colored granules with reduced milk yield. For this jaggery 100 gm, coconut kernel 200 gm , garlic 250 gm are to be ground well and made into two bolus given for two days (one bolus per day).
10. Retention of Placenta
Leaves of Rivea hypocrateriformis are to be taken � kilo and boiled and given as feed for animal. Alternatively big onion
� kg is boiled and administered orally gives best results.
11. For Animals suffering with castor young leaf caused poisoning If animals feed on castor leaves (in the early stage of crop, it might lead to obstruction in the throat region and may sometimes cause sudden death. For this butter milk 500 ml is mixed with salt 50 gm and administered orally.
See Elisabeth P. J. Burgess , E. Maree Wi Te Koha , Roderick F. N. Hutchins & Lynne Douglas (1988), Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 16:1, 63-66,
12. For anorexia
Capsicum fruits 100g, Cumin 100g, Tea powder 100g, Ajwain100g and, jaggery 1500 g are to be heated intwo litres of water till it is reduced to half the quan- tity. This mixture has to be administered orally three times a day.
14. For Tetanus / sprains in the legs or low blood circulation in legs
Leaves of Cassia auriculata are boiled in water and ground well. The paste has to be applied over the affected region of legs.
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Honey Bee, 31(3-4) ,40-41, 2020 |
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