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Bhavanbhai Kalidas Parmar |
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Panchmahal |
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Gujarat |
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Practice |
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| Title |
Food poisoning in animals |
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| Abstract |
Fruits of tamarind are very powerful laxative and can be used expelling the poisonous food. (Ayensu, E.S. (1978); Medicinal Plants of the West Indies: 110. Bellakhdar,J., Claisse,R. et al.(1991). J Ethnopharmacol 35(2): 123-143). Also see HB 3(2):22, 1992, 3(3&4):2, 1991. |
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If an animal eats tender leaves of castor (Ricinus communis L.) or jowar (Sorghum spp), it suffers from food poisoning. It loses energy and has blurred vision. To cure this, Bhavanbhai makes a paste in water of 500 g tamarind pith (Tamarindus indica L.) and 500 g jaggery and gives it to the ailing animal consume it. He has been following this practice for 30 years and claims that it brings relief to the animal within 6 to 12 hours. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey bee 20(3),21,2009 |
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| Call Number |
20304 |
