Traditional Veterinary Medicine among the Tribes of Kashmir Himalaya

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 121-127

  Beigh, Showkat Yousuf ^a   Nawchoo, Irshad A ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ailments; Cattle; Ethno medicine; Herders; Kashmir tribes; Livestock; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

AESCULUS INDICA EXTRACT; ALLIUM ATROPURPUREUM EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; CASSIA HIRSUTA EXTRACT; CHINESE CABBAGE EXTRACT; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; CYNANCHUM ARNOTTIANUM EXTRACT; DESMODIUM TILIAEFOLIUM EXTRACT; IRIS KASHMIRIANA EXTRACT; NEPETA CATERIA EXTRACT; NYMPHOIDES PELTATUM EXTRACT; PICRORHIZA KURROA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLEUROPTEOPYRUM ALPINUM EXTRACT; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM EXTRACT; POLYGONUM ALPINUM EXTRACT; POPULUS NIGRA EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; RANUNCULUS HIRTELLUS EXTRACT; SOLANUM MELONGENA EXTRACT; THYMUS SERPHYLLUM EXTRACT; TOBACCO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; VIBURNUM FOETANS EXTRACT;

ETHNOBOTANY; LIVESTOCK; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AESCULUS INDICA; ALLIUM ATROPURPUREUM; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; AUBERGINE; CASSIA HIRSUTA; CATTLE DISEASE; CHINESE CABBAGE; COLD STRESS; CROCUS SATIVUS; CYNANCHUM ARNOTTIANUM; DESMODIUM TILIAEFOLIUM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HEAT STRESS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS; HYOSCYAMOUS NIGER; INDIA; IRIS KASHMIRIANA; KASHMIR TRIBE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTATION DISORDER; LIVESTOCK; MYIASIS; NEPETA CATERIA; NONHUMAN; NYMPHOIDES PELTATUM; OLIGOPHRENIA; ORNITHOSIS; PARALYSIS; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PLEUROPTEOPYRUM ALPINUM; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; POLYGONUM ALPINUM; POMEGRANATE; POPULUS NIGRA; RANUNCULUS HIRTELLUS; SKIN DISEASE; THYMUS SERPHYLLUM; TOBACCO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERBENA OFFICINALIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIBURNUM FOETANS; WOUND;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 16544394007     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v10n04_12     Document Type: Article

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