Ethno-zoological practices in some tribal areas of Chandrapur District, Maharashtra, India.

Sachin Damodhar Misar, Subhas B Mekla

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This paper documents the traditional medicine practices in an area of Taluka Jiwati of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. This study was mainly conduced in the villages surrounding the Jiwati Taluka, which is primarily based on survey carried out in villages where tribal people provide information about use of animal and animal derived parts as medicine. The animal parts namely blood, excreta , urine, feather, fat, hairs, spines, skin, flesh, bones, secretions, etc. were used in raw or cooked forms for the treatment of burns, fracture, asthma, fever, cough, tuberculosis, paralysis, goiter and for other diseases also , a total of 88 animal species were found which are used for  traditional medicinal practices.

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Chandrapur, Ethnozoology, Gond, Jiwati ,Tribal.

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