Dear Viewer, we have seen the basics of Veterinary
Herbal Medicines in the ?rst part of this
documentary film. And also, we have learnt
the herbal medicines for inflammation, Mastitis,
Fever, Cow pox, Yoke gall, Bloat, Prolapse
of Uterus, Gangrenous Tail, Anoestrus and
for many more problems. Now, in this 2nd b
part of the film, let us study the herbal
medicines for other problems. General information
and suggestions given in 1st part applies
to these medicines as well. These are all,
time tested ethnic medicines collected from
traditional herbal medicine practitioners.
We want to remind that Shramajeevi Agri Films
will not entertain any claim of loss or inconveniences
due to these medicines.
Now let us study the diseases of animals and
the herbal remedies for the same. First one
is the problem of
Repeat Breeding: Symptoms: Animal comes in
to oestrus even after repeated insemination.
Reasons: infection in the uterus, malnutrition,
deficiency of minerals, hormonal imbalance,
lack of well-developed ovum and few other
unexplained reasons result in this repeat
breeding problem.
Medicine 1: Ingredients: Belliric Myrobalan,
White Cheesewood, Spine gourd and lemon fruit.
Method: Collect the bark of Belliric Myrobalan
tree by hitting by a stone. Do not use the
sickle. Crush this bark nicely and mix it
with the cooked rice. Feed this mixture 2
hours after insemination, twice. Or Grind
White Cheesewood bark in lemon juice and mix
it with cooked rice and feed. OR Feeding one
tuber of Spine Gourd, once, will solve the
problem.
Medicine 2: The animal fails to conceive if
there is some infection in the uterus. Treatment
to remove the infection is like this. Ingredients:
Bael Tree, Staff Tree oil, Fish killer tree
and lemon fruit. Method: Crush half a kilogram
of Bael tree leaves and feed when the animal
comes in to oestrus. Along with this give
1 spoon of Staff tree vine oil. Or, grind
the root of staff tree vine in lemon juice
and feed. Or, grind the bark of Fish killer
tree in lemon juice and feed.
Medicine 3: Ingredients: Curry leaf. Method:
Take 100 grams of curry leaf and wash thoroughly.
Feed this quantity of leaves for 10 days from
the day of insemination. This may be dried
under shade and fed. 50 grams is sufficient
if dried.
Medicine 4: Ingredients: Lime water, Bark
of Cashew tree and wild Mango. Method: Crush
the bark of Cashew tree and wild Mango tree,
50 grams each in water and extract the liquid.
Mix 10 ml of lime water to it. Drench 250
ml of this solution before insemination.
Medicine 5: Ingredients: Bael tree, Leptadenia,
Goat milk and tender coconut water. Method:
Crush 100 grams of Bael tree leaves in goat
milk. Mix it with tender coconut water. Drench
this mixture once in a day from the day of
oestrus for 21 days. Or, Dry and power the
leaves and stem of Leptadenia. Feed 30 grams
of this powder daily for 30 days. Inseminate
the animal after this treatment is over.
Medicine 6: Ingredients: Henna leaves. Method:
Crush half a kilogram of fresh Henna leaves,
extract the liquid and drench. If the fresh
leaf is not available, mix 250 grams of Henna
leaf powder in water and drench. Take up this
treatment once after insemination and once
more after one week.
General Weakness: Calves and the grown-up
animals may suffer with weakness or debility.
Treatment for this condition is like this.
Medicine 1: Ingredients: Fresh Turmeric rhizome
and Buffalo curd. Method: Crush half a kilogram
of fresh turmeric rhizomes in buffalo curd.
Feed this paste twice a week for 2 weeks preferably
on Thursday and Sunday.
Medicine 2: The bullocks used for ploughing
exhaust and suffer with weakness at the end
of the season. This treatment is given to
overcome the weakness. Ingredients: Kolmaddu,
White pepper, Cumin seeds, clove and Honey
or Jaggary. Method: Scrape the stems of Kolmaddu
plant. Churn it with white pepper, cumin seeds
and clove - 1 spoon each. Mix honey or Jaggary
and make it a ball. 2 cricket ball size of
the mixture is fed for 4 to 5 days.
Medicine 3: Sometimes the animals suffer with
a disease resembling Joundis of human beings.
This also results in weakness. Treatment is
like this. Ingredients: Gmelina tree- white
type and buttermilk. Method: Crush Gmelina
leaves in buttermilk and drench once in a
day for 3 to 4 days.
Tick Infestation: Problem of ticks is common
for all the animals. These ecto parasites
suck the blood leading to Anaemia, weight
loss, drop in milk yield etc. Sometimes the
problems like Tick fever and Paralysis are
seen. Sever infestation may result in the
death of the animal itself due to anaemia.
Medicine 1: Ingredients: Bark of Indian Beech
Tree and Wild Green gram. Method: Crush the
bark of Indian beech tree in water, boil it
and prepare decoction. Apply this to the body
of the animal and rub. And grind 100 grams
of wild green gram in water. Drench 400 ml
per day for 2 to 3 days.
Medicine 2: Ingredients: Dronapushpi and Neem.
Method: Crush Neem and Dronapushpi leaves
- 1 kilogram each. Apply this mixture to the
body of the animal twice a day - in the morning
and afternoon. Wash the body of the animal
in the evening. Continue this for 3 to 4 days.
Medicine 3: Ingredients: Neem, Dronapushpi,
Marigold and Caster oil. Method: Crush the
leaves of Neem, Dronapushpi and Marigold - 250
grams each in 250 ml of castor oil. Apply
this mixture once in a day till the ticks
disappear.
Medicine 4: Ingredients: Tobacco. Method:
Boil 250 grams of Tobacco in 2 litres of water.
Filter the decoction and spray it to the body
of the animal. Ticks will drop after washing
the body next day.
Medicine 5: Ingredients: Dronapushpi leaves
and lime water. Method: Mix half kilogram
of Dronapushpi leaves in in lime water. Apply
this liquid once in a week for 4 weeks.
Medicine 6: Ingredients: Custard apple, Neem
and Indian Beech. Method: Crush Custard apple
seeds and Neem leaves in water. Apply this
mixture in the morning and wash the body in
the evening. Continue this for 4 to 5 days.
Spread Indian Beech tree leaves on the floor
of the cattle shed.
Diarrhoea: Symptoms: Dung becomes watery and
sometimes with blood. Dry skin, no mastication,
weakness in the eyes etc. are the symptoms
of diarrhoea. Reasons: Sudden change in the
food, infection of microorganisms etc. will
cause this problem.
Medicine 1: Ingredients: Celtis cinnamomea,
cooked rice, Vibhooti, ground nut oil, rice
wash water, tea decoction, Slow Match Tree
and fermented buttermilk. Method: Crush the
leaves of Celtis in rice wash water and drench.
Or Mix Vibhooti, cooked rice and ground nut
oil thoroughly. Feed 250 grams of this mixture
in the morning. Or Drench 250 ml of 2nd Tea
decoction mixed with milk. Or Crush the bark
of Slow Match tree, dilute it in fermented
buttermilk or rice wash water and drench.
Medicine 2: Ingredients: Sapota raw fruit
and buttermilk. Method: Crush 3-4 raw fruits
of Sapota and dilute it in buttermilk. Drench
it twice a day for 3 to 4 days.
Medicine 3: Ingredients: Country Mallow, Cow
buttermilk and finger millet flour. Method:
Grind 100 grams of Country Mallow leaves in
cow buttermilk. Mix it with 100 grams of finger
millet flour and drench thrice a day for 3
to 4 days.
Medicine 4: Ingredients: Pomegranate, Papaya
and Fennel. Method: Take the skin of 3 pomegranate
fruit and boil it with 20 grams of papaya
seeds. Prepare the decoction and mix 50 grams
of Fennel seed powder. Drench 200 ml decoction
twice a day for 3 to 4 days.
Medicine 5: Ingredients: Geloe, Guava, Pomegranate,
Cocculus and black gram dhal. Method: Take
leaves of Tinospora gulancha, young leaves
and flowers of guava, sprouts of pomegranate
plant, leaves of Cocculus- 1 handful each.
Put 100 grams of black gram dhal with the
herbs and make the decoction. Drench 250 ml
of the decoction twice a day for 2 days.
Medicine 6: Ingredients: Jamun Tree and Honey
Tree. Crush the bark of Jamun tree and Honey
tree -1 palm size each. Boil this crush in
2 litres of water and drench once in a day
for 2 days.
Medicine 7: Ingredients: Five leaved Chaste
tree, Tanners Cassia and Marabou Thorn. Method:
Crush the leaves of Chaste tree and Tanners
Cassia - 50 grams each and prepare the decoction.
Drench this decoction 400 ml per day for 2
to 3 days. Or Crush 250 grams of bark of Marabou
tree and prepare the decoction. Drench 400
ml twice a day for 3 days.
Medicine 8: Ingredients: Bael tree, Sorghum
flour and Wheat flour. Method: Take glue portion
of 2 Bael fruits, 50 grams of Sorghum flour
and 50 grams of wheat flour and mix these
in half litre of rice wash water. Drench this
solution twice a day for 3 days.
Medicine 9: Ingredients: Curd Fruit, Cum in
seeds and buttermilk. Method: Crush the pulp
of 2 Curd fruit and 25 grams of cumin seeds.
Dilute this in buttermilk. Drench 400 ml of
this mixture thrice a day for 2 days.
Milk Yield Improvement: The calved animals
may yield less due to weakness, fever, contagious
diseases, diarrhoea etc. The following treatments
will improve the milk yield.
Medicine 1: Ingredients: Bark of Cluster Fig,
Horse gram, Boiled rice, Red gram and Dill
seeds. Method: Churn 10 kilograms of cluster
fig bark. Add 5 kilograms of horse gram, 5
kilograms of boiled rice, 3 kilograms of red
gram and 1.5 kilograms of Dill seeds. Soak
these items together and grind. Divide this
in 10 parts and feed 1 part a day for 10 days.
Medicine 2: Ingredients: Asparagus roots,
green gram, Jaggary and milk. Method: soak
250 grams of green gram and get the sprout.
Add half a kilogram of Asparagus roots and
grind. Mix little bit of jaggary and milk
and boil. Drench this solution once in a day
for 2 to 3 days.
Medicine 3: Ingredients: Winter Cherry, Leptadenia
and buttermilk. Method: Crush Winter Cherry
roots in buttermilk. Drench 200 ml of this
solution for 2 days. Along with this feed
50 grams of Leptadenia vine for 1 week.
Worm Infestation: Symptoms: Animal becomes
lean, eats less food and despite of eating
does not gain weight. Shrinking of skin and
nose due to Anaemia is seen. Pendulous large
stomach, rough hairs, repeated diarrhoea etc.
are the other symptoms of worm problem.
Medicine 1: Ingredients: Sprouts of Papaya
tree and seeds. Method: Crush 100 grams of
young papaya leaves in water. Drench this
to empty stomach of the animal once in a day
for 3 days. Or Grind 20 grams of papaya seeds
with sugar. Mix it in warm water and drench
twice a day for 6 days.
Medicine 2: Ingredients: Marigold, Pomegranate
and Buttermilk. Method: Crush 3 big marigold
flowers in buttermilk or milk. Drenching this
once is enough. Or Put 300 grams of skin of
pomegranate fruit in 2 litres of water. Boil
this till it reaches 750 ml. Drench this decoction
once after cooling.
Medicine 3: Ingredients: False Black Pepper,
Butea Gum Tree, Neem and Jaggary. Method:
Crush 25 seeds of false black pepper and 3
seeds of Butea in water. Put little bit of
jaggary and drench it once a day for 3 days.
For calves below 1 year use only 6 seeds of
false black pepper and 1 Butea seed. Or boil
1 handful of Neem leaves in 200 ml of water
to prepare decoction. Drench 100 ml of this
decoction to newly born calf. Give one more
dose after 20 days.
Medicine 4: Ingredients: White Cheese wood,
Wild Pepper, lemon fruit and cumin seeds.
Method: Grind the bark of White Cheese wood
in lemon juice and feed. Or crush wild pepper
roots and cumin seeds, boil this to prepare
decoction. Drenching this solution once will
remove
the worms.
Ephemeral Fever: Symptoms: This is a viral
disease in which the animal suffers from fever,
dry nose, erect hairs, eating less food, solid
dung, limping of front or hind legs, body
pain, drop in milk yield etc. This problem
starts with the change in the climate and
biting of flies. At most care is necessary
while drenching the herbal medicines to this
animal suffering from ephemeral fever. Because
there will be paralysis of Epiglottis and
hence the drenching may go to lungs causing
the death of the animal.
Medicine 1: Ingredients: Indian Trumpet, Wild
Olive, Wild Celery, Zinger, Pepper, Jaggary,
Croton and rice wash water. Method: Take the
bark of Indian Trumpet and Wild Olive and
add little bit of wild celery, zinger and
pepper. Churn these items and add Jaggary
to make it a ball. Feed 1 cricket ball size
thrice a day for 2-3 days. Or grind the root
of Croton in rice wash water and drench it
for 2 to 3 days.
Medicine 2: Ingredients: Neem, Aloe, Areca
nut and Jaggary. Method: Take 1 leaf of Aloe,
2 handful of Neem leaves, 2 areca nut and
50 grams of jaggary. Crush these items together
and divide in to 3 parts. Feed 3 times on
1 day is enough.
Medicine 3: Ingredients: Five leaved Chaste
tree, pepper, garlic and Jaggary. Method:
Take 1 handful of the leaves of five leaved
Chaste tree, 1 garlic bulb, 30 grams of pepper
and 50 grams of Jaggary. Put water and boil
to prepare decoction. Drench this twice a
day for 3 days.
Medicine 4: Ingredients: Leadwort, Drumstick,
Neem and Betel vine. Method: Take the roots
of Leadwort, drumstick leaves and young Neem
leaves - 1 handful each, 2 leaves of betel
vine and 250 grams of Jaggary. Crush these
items in 200 ml of goat milk. Drench twice-
in the morning and evening on one day.
Medicine 5: Ingredients: Bark of Chebulic
Myrobalan. Method: Crush 5 kilograms of bark
of Chebulic Myrobalan, add 2 litre of water,
boil it and prepare decoction. Drench 400
ml twice a day for 8 days.
Medicine 6: Ingredients: Indian Trumpet, Zinger,
Cumin seeds, Wild Celery and Garlic. Method:
Take 1 palm size bark of Indian Trumpet tree,
7-8 bits of zinger, 4 spoons of cumin seeds
and 1 garlic bulb. Crush these, add 1 litre
of water and boil it to make decoction. Drench
400 ml of this decoction 3 times on 1 day
will cure Ephemeral fever.
Cold and Cough: Like us even the animals suffer
with cold and cough. Secretion in nose and
eyes, eating less food, difficult breathing,
increase in body temperature, cough, sneezing
etc. are the symptoms. Reasons: Cold and humid
cattle shed without ventilation, infection
in the lungs, contagious diseases etc. will
bring this problem.
Medicine 1: Ingredients: Betel vine, garlic,
onion, aloe, Geloe, pepper and camphor. Method:
Take 4 leaves of betel vine, 1 garlic bulb,
1 onion bulb, 1 leaf of aloe, 15 leaves of
Geloe, 10 peppers and 2 camphor. Crush all
these in 250 ml of water. Drench twice a day
for 3 days.
Medicine 2: Ingredients: Malabar nut, Glory
Bower, Indian Ipecae, Aloe, garlic and pepper.
Method: Take 15 leaves of Malabar nut, 15
leaves of glory bower vine, 1 handful of Indian
Ipecae, 1 leaf of aloe, 10 peppers, half garlic
bulb and 50 grams of Jaggary. Crush these
in water and make decoction. Drench 400 ml
of this decoction two times on 1 day.
Medicine 3: Ingredients: Thorn apple, pepper,
garlic and milk. Method: Take 2 handful of
thorn apple leaves, 10 peppers, 1 garlic bulb
and 100 ml of milk. Crush this and add 1 litre
of water. Drench this once a day for 2 days.
Medicine 4: Ingredients: Spreading Hogweed,
Sweet Basil, Indian lpecae, Mustard, pepper
and Garlic. Method: Take 4 roots of Spreading
Hogweed, 1 handful leaves each of Sweet Basil
and Indian lpecae, 10 grams of pepper, 2 garlic
bulbs and 10 grams of mustard. Grind all these
and mix with goat milk. Drench this twice
a day for 3 days.
Medicine 5: Sometimes the animals especially
the sheep and goat eat wild mongo fruit while
grazing. This causes cough. For this the treatment
is like this. Ingredients: Turmeric powder,
pepper and Jaggary. Method: Take turmeric
powder, pepper and Jaggary - half kilogram
each. Crush it and boil in 5 litre of water
to make decoction. Put this decoction on cattle
feed and feed it till the cough cures. This
quantity is enough for 150 goats.
Feeding on Poisonous Trees: Sometimes the
grazing animals feed on poisonous fig and
other herbages. This may cause sudden death
of the animal.
Medicine: Ingredients: Lower leaves of Betel
vine of Nagaballi variety and Soap nut. Method:
Collect sufficient quantity of lower rough
leaves of Nagaballi betel vine, crush it and
extract the liquid. But do not use the stem
of the vine. Drench half a litre of this liquid
to the poisoned animal. Then crush the soap
nuts in the water and prepare the liquid.
Drench this liquid half an hour after the
betel vine juice. Watery dung will come out
with the poison. Repeat this treatment 3 to
4 times to save the animal from the poison.
Eating tender Bamboo and consuming Coconut
oil: Tender bamboo is poisonous to the animals.
To neutralize this poison, take up this treatment-
Crush Cassia tora plant and extract the liquid.
Drench 100 ml of this juice twice. Consuming
more quantity of coconut oil is also becomes
fatal to the animal. To neutralize this prepare
soap nut solution or decoction of caster roots.
Drench 100 to 150 ml of any of these liquids
twice.
Death of Calf in the womb or Mummified foetus:
To take out the dead calf go for this treatment.
Take 3 vines of Sida hirsuta, 3 nodes of Ivy
gourd and 1 handful of the veins of castor
leaves. Crush these herbs and make decoction
in half a litre of water. Drench 250 ml of
this decoction thrice a day for 3 days.
Problem of Corneal Opacity: Damage by a sharp
object or hitting of hard substance to the
eye may result in the loss of sight partially
or fully. Medicine: Ingredients: Honey and
excreta of Chick of country breed. Method:
Put the drops of honey to the affected eye
for 2-3 days. Or Crush the excreta of the
country chick in water and filter it. Put
this solution to the affected eye for 2 to
3 days.
Problem of Pus: To stop the collection of
the pus in various parts of the body go for
this treatment. Ingredients: Oil of Marking
nut, Human hair, Dillenia tree and pepper.
Method: Remove the pus from the wound first.
Apply the oil of marking nu to the wound.
Mix human cut hair in the same oil and fill
it in the wound. Or Scrape the bark of Dillenia
tree. Crush the scrape with pepper and fill
the mixture in the wound.
Maggot Wound: External wound for long time
will attract the flies and hence the maggots.
This avoids the healing of wound. Medicine:
Ingredients: Human cut hair, White Cheese
wood, Marigold, pepper and Tobacco. Method:
Keep half quarter handful of human cut hair
in banana leaf and feed. Or crush the bark
of White Cheese wood and feed. If the maggots
are more in the wound, crush the leaves of
Marigold, 2-3 peppers and a small bit of Tobacco
and fill it in the wound. Or to drop the maggots
from the wound put the ash on the wound.
Stiffness of Muscles or Bigiroga: Difficulty
in walking, arched back, stiff gait etc. is
the symptoms of this disease. Medicine: Ingredients:
Honey tree, Copra, Red chili, Moonbeam and
buttermilk. Method: Take the bark of Honey
tree, Copra and red chili. Churn these items
and make it a ball. Feed in the morning one
ball size of the mixture per day for 4 days.
Or grind 1 handful of white Moonbeam leaves
in buttermilk and drench.
Paralysis: The hind legs become paralyzed
and the animal fails stand. Rest of the things
remains normal. This disease is common in
western ghat regions of Karnataka. The exact
reason is not yet understood by the veterinary
science. The herbal treatment is very lengthy
and complex. Treatment: Put the dung in triangular
shape at the junction of hip bones. Pour hot
oil and burn. Take the bark of Indian Trumpet,
Wild Celery, Zinger and Pepper. Churn the
items, add little bit of Jaggary and feed.
Take the crushed leaves of five leaved Chaste
tree, Dronapushpi, black holy basil and fresh
zinger -juice - 75 ml each, and 50 ml of onion
juice. Add little bit of coconut oil, mix
it thoroughly and filter with a clean cloth.
Drench this liquid through both the nostrils
slowly. Give 150 ml of this medicine once
in a day for 3 days. If drenching is not possible
in the nostril do it by mouth. Along with
this drench half quarter of Cashew Fenny twice.
Crush the leaves of Crossandra in the Fenny
and drench thrice a day for 3 days. Churn
the bark of Drumstick, pepper, common salt
together and rub it to all 4 legs. Or apply
the oil of Turpentine to the legs.
Posterior Paraplegia: This is also a typical
disease of western ghat areas. The animals
stop feeding and crawl on the ground. Treatment:
shake 25 ml of the wild celery extract in
water and drench. Then mix 50 ml of Eucalyptus
oil in cooled -boiled water and drench. Then
mix the juice of Dronapushpi, black sacred
basil, onion and fresh zinger - 75 ml each,
put little bit of coconut oil, filter it and
drench. Apart from that take the barks of
Indian Trumpet, Wild Olive, Wild Celery seeds,
zinger and pepper. Churn all these items with
Jaggary and feed.
Fracture: Put the bandage if possible. Then
take the leaves of Malebandha, Kolmaddu, Murukina
Gida � 2 handful each, 2 spoons of clove,
2 nutmegs and 1 spoon of pepper. Churn this,
add the scraping of 1 fresh coconut and honey.
Make it a ball and feed it for 4 days. Give
one more dose of the same herbal combination
after 20 days.
Slipping of front leg joint: The animal shows
limping. For its treatment take the bark of
Slow Match Tree and Indian Madder vine. Crush
them, extract the liquid and filter it. Drench
this liquid in right nostril if the slipping
is in left leg. Drench the same in left nostril
if the slipping is in right leg. Or crush
thorny wild brinjal sprouts in sesame oil
and drench it in the nostril.
Slipping of Hip Joint: In this the animal
will not be able to stand. Pull the leg like
this by an experienced person and give the
medicine later. Take 2 handful of Kolmaddu,
1 spoon of pepper, 1 nutmeg and 1 spoon of
clove. Churn these items, put some honey and
make a ball. Feed this once a day for 2 to
3 days. ln addition cook the rice with Vatangi
leaves and feed.
Snake bite or King Cobra bite: Treatment:
Grind Rauwolfia root in lemon juice. Apply
this paste to the wound of snake bite. And
also, feed 4 spoons of the same paste. Or
Crush 4 seeds of Jequirity in lemon juice
and feed.
Mad Dog bite: Grind Indian Birthwort root
in lemon juice and apply it to the wound of
the dog bite. Feed 4 spoons of the same grind
to the stomach.
Biting by other poisonous creatures: Inflammatory
swelling is seen on the part of bite of the
body. It creates a lot of pain. To treat this,
grind Rauwolfia root in lemon juice and feed.
Or Crush the roots of Sensitive plant in cow
milk. Drench the mixture 2 to 3 times and
apply the same to the wound. Or Grind the
roots of Atalantia in water and feed. To treat
poisonous scorpion bite, grind Moonbeam or
Rauwolfia root in lemon juice and feed.
Dear viewers, Shramajeevi Agri Films is documenting
these veterinary herbal medicines from all
parts of Karnataka. These two volumes explain
only few promising herbal combinations. We
will produce many more volumes in this series.
Our preliminary concern is to document and
conserve this incredible knowledge for future
research and use. We expect your support,
co-operation and blessings for this marathon
work. We hope this work by your Shramajeevi,
will be remembered for ever.
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