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Katheri to Cure Injury in Eye |
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Krishnan is a herbal healer.
He uses Katheri (Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad & Wendl.) for the treatment of injury in the
eyes of the cattle. He extracts
juice out of the whole plant. He puts a few drops of the juice in the eyes two to three times a day till they get healed.
Katheri (Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad & Wendl.) is reported to cure wound infection (Bisset and Mazars. (1984); J Ethnopharmacol, 2(1): 1-24). Plant also possess antimicrobial (Salar and Suchitra (2009); African Journal of Microbiology Research, 3(3):97-100) and antifungal properties (Batra A., Jaiswal S., Mehta B. K. and Bokadia M. M. (1982); Plant Med Phytother, 16: 165-168.). Also see HB 9(3):17, 1998. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee 20(2); 19, 2010 |
