DRUGS OF MAMMALS’ ORIGIN USED BY ABORIGINES OF GARO HILLS OF MEGHALAYA STATE, INDIA
VIJAY PRAKASH SHARMA *
Zoology Survey of India, 34, C. R. Avenue, Calcutta -700 012.
A. U. KHAN *
Muga Seed Development Project, Resubelpara, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aborigines use mammals as drug to cure various bacterial, clinical, physiological, viral and veneral ailments viz. anaemia, appendicitis, asthma, baldness, cataract, delirium, eczema, hyperpyrexia, impotency, jaundice, leprosy, leucoderma, muscular pain, neurotic fits, night blindness, paralysis, rheumatism, rickets, Swelling of body, skin burns, toothache, tuberculosis, typhoid, vision power and wound and injuries prevalent in the Garo Hills (East and West) of Meghalaya State, India.
Keywords: Mammals as drugs, Diseases, Garo aborigines, Meghalaya State India