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Mr Indramani Sahu |
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Jagatsinghpur district |
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Orissa |
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Practices for animal diseases |
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Another cure for indigestion |
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Mr Indramani Sahu prepares a herbal medicine to treat animals suffering from indigestion. He uses 200 gm of leaves of “Dhanitri”, Prickly Sesban (Sesbania bispinosa Wt.), 100 gm of raw turmeric and one gm of “Maricha”, Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.). All the ingredients are ground together to make a paste. This paste is mixed in half a litre of cold water and fed to the animal for two days. Mr Sahu has treated 10 cases of indigestion by following this method
Piperine extracted from Piper nigrum is believed to increase the permeability of the intestinal cells. Rakesh K. Johri, Neelima Thusu, Annu Khajuria and Usha Zutshi; Biochemical Pharmacology 43(7):1401-1407, 1992.
(Piper nigrum has been used in a herbal composition to cure diarrohea in animals. (Pl see Honey Bee, 8(2): 9,1997)
Turmeric is used in hyperactive states of the gut Anwarul Hassan Gilani, Abdul Jabbar Shah, Muhammad Nabeel Ghayur and Kashif Majeed; Life Sciences; 76(26): 3089-3105, 2005. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee, 18(3) & 18(4):28-29, 2007 |
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| Call Number |
183412 |
