HERBS & CATTLE TREATMENT
(AS COLLECTED FROM VILLAGE HERDSMEN OF KANDHMAL & GANJAM DISTRICTS OF ODISHA STATE, INDIA)
TICK & LICE INFESTATION AND IT’S REMEDY :-
SYMPTOMS :-
Lice, Ticks stick to skin of cattle & suck blood. The cattle looks lifeless and severe hair loss on the skin.
About the Herbs as it’s Medicine
| VERNACULAR NAME (ODIYA LANGUAGE) |
COMMON ENGLISH NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THE PLANT | PHOTO OF THE PLANT | PHOTO OF MEDICINAL PART & IT’S USED AS MEDICINE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIMBA (OR) NIMBA |
NEEM | Azardiracta indica |  |
 
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| PHITIKIRI | ALUM | Dodecahydrate |  |
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| PITATARADA (OR) PITA JANHI |
WILD RIDGE GOURD | Lulla Acutangula amara |  |
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| MAHANIMBA | CHINABERRY TREE | Melia azedarach |  |
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| KARPURA | CAMPHOR TREE | Cinnamomum Camphora (L) |  |
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PREPARATION OF MEDICINE & IT’S APPLICATION
1. Water is boiled with neem leaves & the resultant water is cooled to room temperature & then the whole body surface of cattle is washed, dried. Then alum powder is applied to the hair loss portion of the skin.
(OR)
2. The pulp of wild ridge gourd fruit is scrubbed on the body of affected cattle and after drying the whole body of the cattle is washed with Luke warm water.
(OR)
3. The bark of chinaberry tree is boiled in water & the resultant water, cooled to room temperature. Then the affected cattle is washed completely with that water.
(OR)
4. Coconut oil mixed with camphor is applied on affected part of cattle.