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Mrs Mumtak Modi |
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Village Zarku, East Sinag Distt, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh |
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Hibiscus Cures Dysentery and Other Stomach Disorders |
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Mrs Mumtak Modi of Zarku village uses fruits of belchanaa (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) for treating dysentery. The fruits are ground to make a paste which is diluted with water to make a solution. About ten millilitres of the solution is given twice a day for two to three days for a complete cure.
Mrs Mumtak Modi, Village Zarku, East Sinag Distt, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh
Mrs Mumtak (33), is educated up to primary level. She is a housewife and has been engaged in treating various human health related ailments through herbal drugs.
Mucilaginous property of flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa, may give relief from fever, dysentery and diarrhoea. (http://www.herbvideos.com/medi.htm) The powder of dried calyx and corolla and/or fresh flowers is used for curing flatulence of cow, goat, sheep, bullock and buffalo. Extract of flowers of this plant when added with common salt is believed to be more beneficial to cure diarrhoea and dysentery of animals and human. (http://www.cwis.org/fge/articles/06/Ranjay_Amta_and_Amti_paper-2006.pdf)
Mr Susanta of village Tiltikuri mixes the ground powder of dry rind of dalim (Punica granatum L.) and bark of kurchi (Holarrhena anti-dysenterica Wall.) in the equal ratio. Two to three grams of this mixture is given twice a day for a week for complete cure of dysentery.
Mr Susanta Kumar Manjhi, Village Tiltikuri, PO Kurumba, P.S. Labpur, Distt. Birbhum, West Bengal
Mr Susanta is a graduate student and is involved in experimentation on vermi-composting and mushroom cultivation. He has gained the herbal knowledge to cure human ailments from his grandfather. While in Standard 8, he developed a medicinal plant garden in his home with the help of a local organization named DRCSC.
The dried rind of Punica granatum L. fruit is used in the treatment of amoebic dysentery and diarrhoea (http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Punica+granatum). The bark of Holarrhena antidysenterica has been long used for amoebic dysentery. It has stomachic, astringent, anti-dysenteric, febrifuge, and antihelminthic properties. (http://www.herbalremedies.com/conessitree-information.html)
About 200 g of leaves of Punica granatum, powdered and taken for two days, cures diarrhea (Honey Bee, 9(2):17-18, 1998).
Mrs Choti Devi gives half spoonful of powdered pod of Sem (Lablab purpureus (L.) Sw.) with one glass of buttermilk once or twice a day for a couple of days to treat dysentery.
Mrs Choti Devi, Village Vanusi, PO Jhankat, Tehsil Khatima, Distt Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttaranchal
(Scout: Ms Soniya Suryavanshi)
Mrs Chhoti Devi (35) is a housewife. She helps her husband in farming and other activities. Ever since her childhood, she had keen interest in different applications of various plants. She acquired this knowledge from her elders in the village.
The fully mature seeds are anthelmintic, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, astringent, digestive, febrifuge and stomachic. They are used in the treatment of sunstroke, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, enteritis, abdominal pain, alcoholism and arsenism. (http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants. php?Lablab+purpureus) |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee 19(1) 14 2008 |
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19109 |
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