Folk remedies for insect bites from Gundlabrahmeswaram Wild Life Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 436-437

  Ratnam, K Venkata ^a   Raju, R R Venkata ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chenchus; Ethnomedicine; Folk remedies; Gundlabrahmeswaram wld life sanctuary; Insect bite; Yanadis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149252820     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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