Ethnoveterinary medicine of the Shervaroy Hills of Eastern Ghats, India as alternative medicine for animals
The Eastern Ghats of India is well known for its wealth of natural vegetation and Shervaroy is a major hill range of the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu. Ethnomedicinal studies in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu or the Shervaroy Hills have been carried out by various researchers. However, there is not m...
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| description | The Eastern Ghats of India is well known for its wealth of natural vegetation and Shervaroy is a major hill range of the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu. Ethnomedicinal studies in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu or the Shervaroy Hills have been carried out by various researchers. However, there is not much information available on ethnoveterinary medicine in the Eastern Ghats of India. The aim of this study was to examine the potential use of folk plants as alternative medicine for cattle to cure various diseases in the Shervaroy Hills of the Eastern Ghats. Based on interactions with traditional medicine practitioners, it has been observed that a total of 21 medicinal plants belonging to 16 families are used to cure various diseases such as mastitis, enteritis, arthritis, stomatitis, salivation from the mouth, wounding, and conjunctivitis in animals. It has been observed that the traditional knowledge of ethnoveterinary medicine is now confined only among the surviving older people and a few practitioners in the tribal communities of the Shervaroy Hills. Unfortunately, no serious attempts have been made to document and preserve this immense treasure of traditional knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-15def6bc4ff04df9b53f808992fa45da2022-12-21T17:45:31ZengElsevierJournal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine2225-41102016-01-016111812510.1016/j.jtcme.2014.11.013Ethnoveterinary medicine of the Shervaroy Hills of Eastern Ghats, India as alternative medicine for animalsSwaminathan Usha0Chandrasekaran Rajasekaran1Ramamoorthy Siva2School of Social Sciences and Languages, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSchool of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSchool of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, IndiaThe Eastern Ghats of India is well known for its wealth of natural vegetation and Shervaroy is a major hill range of the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu. Ethnomedicinal studies in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu or the Shervaroy Hills have been carried out by various researchers. However, there is not much information available on ethnoveterinary medicine in the Eastern Ghats of India. The aim of this study was to examine the potential use of folk plants as alternative medicine for cattle to cure various diseases in the Shervaroy Hills of the Eastern Ghats. Based on interactions with traditional medicine practitioners, it has been observed that a total of 21 medicinal plants belonging to 16 families are used to cure various diseases such as mastitis, enteritis, arthritis, stomatitis, salivation from the mouth, wounding, and conjunctivitis in animals. It has been observed that the traditional knowledge of ethnoveterinary medicine is now confined only among the surviving older people and a few practitioners in the tribal communities of the Shervaroy Hills. Unfortunately, no serious attempts have been made to document and preserve this immense treasure of traditional knowledge.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2225411014000273Eastern Ghatsethnomedicineethnoveterinary practiceShervaroy Hillstraditional knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Swaminathan Usha Chandrasekaran Rajasekaran Ramamoorthy Siva Ethnoveterinary medicine of the Shervaroy Hills of Eastern Ghats, India as alternative medicine for animals Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Eastern Ghats ethnomedicine ethnoveterinary practice Shervaroy Hills traditional knowledge |
| title | Ethnoveterinary medicine of the Shervaroy Hills of Eastern Ghats, India as alternative medicine for animals |
| title_full | Ethnoveterinary medicine of the Shervaroy Hills of Eastern Ghats, India as alternative medicine for animals |
| title_fullStr | Ethnoveterinary medicine of the Shervaroy Hills of Eastern Ghats, India as alternative medicine for animals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethnoveterinary medicine of the Shervaroy Hills of Eastern Ghats, India as alternative medicine for animals |
| title_short | Ethnoveterinary medicine of the Shervaroy Hills of Eastern Ghats, India as alternative medicine for animals |
| title_sort | ethnoveterinary medicine of the shervaroy hills of eastern ghats india as alternative medicine for animals |
| topic | Eastern Ghats ethnomedicine ethnoveterinary practice Shervaroy Hills traditional knowledge |
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