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Prakash Sahoo |
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Angul |
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Orissa |
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Practice |
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| Title |
Bitter gourd leaves for treating wounds and repelling flies on cattle |
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| Abstract |
Momordica charantia. possesses very good antibacterial property against 11 gram negative bacilli (Sabahat and Parween, 2005, Pak. J. Bot.; 37(4): 997-1001.) Its fruit powder, in the form of an ointment was evaluated for its wound-healing potential (Prasad V., Jain V., Dugapati G., Dorle A.K., (2007); Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy; 6(3&4): 105-115). Also see HB 6(4), 1995, 8(1):15,1997, 17(1&2):41, 2006. |
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When animals get bruises or wounds are left untreated, they get infested with worms. Communities near Talcher grind fresh bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) leaves to prepare a paste and apply it on fresh wounds. This initiates early healing and also repels flies and worms. Prakash, farmer, says that one can even extract juice of the leaves by rubbing them with hand and apply that on the wound. He has successfully treated more than six such cases.
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| Volume No. |
Honey bee 20(3),22,2009 |
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| Call Number |
20306 |
