Traditional Ethnoveterinary Practices Followed in Palakkadu Region of Kerala

Traditional Ethnoveterinary Practices followed in
Palakkadu region of Kerala
There are many traditional ethnoveterinary practices followed by local healers

in Palakkadu region of Kerala . Mr Dhanapalan (43 ) has been working as
livestock inspector in Kerala animal husbandry department . He studied MA
M Phil in public administration. He has documented many ethno veterinary
practices over the last 17 years and he also practiced by testing them in
hundreds of animals when he is incharge of goat farm in Palakkadu region and
seems to be effective and now he shares those practices which are effective .
He also visits many places for sharing his experiences on herbal medicine for
animals as resource person .
1.Mastiltis:
Take one or two fruits of Datura stramonium (Tam:Ummam, Mal:Ummath)
(violet flowered Datura is better than the white flowered one ). Cut one end
smoothly just like removing the lid of a vessel. Remove thee seeds. Fill it with
black Sesame (Gingelly- Sesamum indicum, Tam& Mal:Ellu) seeds (with
glumes). Close with the lid like cut end of the fruit. Wrap it with Tinospera
cordifolia (Tam&Mal: Chittamrith) leaves. Cook it in milk (for treating cow,
buffalo milk is better and vice versa). Crush the content (whole) with the same
milk used for cooking. Make it as a paste. If milk is not available at all, cook
the wrapped packs in steam using an idly cooker. Crush it to a fine paste with
fresh and pure lemon (Citrus limon, Tam:Elumichai, Mal:Cherunaranga) juice.
Boil two handful of fenugreek(Trigonella foenum-graecum, Tam:Venthayam,
Mal: Uluva) in 3 liter of water and cool it.
Throw cold water upon the affected udder forcefully and rapidly. Strip out all
the contents from the udder. Wash the udder with the fenugreek water (already
prepared as above). Wipe the udder with a dry clean cloth. Apply the prepared
paste many times a day according to the severity. Continue for a week or as
long as it heals well. (The ointment prepared once should not be kept more than
24 hours )
2,Physiological oedematous conditon during advanced pregnancy or

calving.
 Crush the touch me not plant as whole (Mimusa pudica, Tam: Thotta
sinungi, Mal:Thottavadi) to a fine paste and apply on the oedematous
area.
 Apply dry extract of Aloe vera (Mal: Channinayakam, Tam:
Ratthappakalam ) in glycerine.
3,To rejuvenate the damaged cells and tissues in connection with mastitis:
 100 g each of Boerhavia diffusa (Mal:Thazhuthama, Sanskrit:
Punarnava) and Aerva lanata (Mal: Cherua, Tam: Siru puly,
Hindi:Gorakhbuti or Kapuri jadi ) is boiled in 3 ltrs of water, make it to
one liter . Administer this decoction two times daily orally.
4.For digestive disorders:
 Partially ripened fruit of papaya (Carica papaya, Tam: Pappali) can be
administered orally.
 Equal quantity of garlic (Allium sativum, Tam:Vellai poondu,
Mal:Veluthulli), ginger (Zingiber officinale, Tam&Mal: Inji), asafetida
(Ferrula asafetida, Tam&Mal: Perumkayam), pepper (Piper nigrum,
Tam&Mal: Kurumilaku) and betel leaf (Piper betle, Tam: Vetrilai,
Mal:Vettila) are ground to a paste and administer orally. (Quanttity is
based on the severity and physical condition of the animal. 25 g each
can be taken for average cattle).
 Pure ginger juice 50 ml is mixed with 50 gm of baking soda (Sodium
bicarbonate). Mix it with lukewarm water and administer orally.
 100 g ajowan (Trachyspermum ammi) (Tam: Omam,
Mal:Ayamodhakam) is boiled in 1 lit water and make into one third and
administer orally at 3 hours interval .
 Dried ginger 25gm, Ajowan 25 gm, garlic 25 gm cumin (Cuminum
cyminum, Tam&Mal:Jeerakam) 25 g, pepper 10 nos, cardamom
(Elettaria cardamomum, Tam&Mal:Elam) 10 nos, are ground well and
administered in lukewarm water orally at an interval of 6 hrs.
 Onion 200 gm, Ajowan and supporting roots (Adventitious prop roots)
of Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis, Tam:Alamaram, Mal: Peral) 100 gm
each are ground well and administered orally.
 Equal quantity of garlic and baking soda are ground in ginger juice and
administered orally.
5.For Tympanitis:
 100 ml each of castor oil (Ricinus communis, Tam:Vilakkennai,
Mal:Avanakkenna) and lukewarm water are shaken well up to brisk
forming and administered orally at an interval of 4-6 hrs.
 200 gm of pongmia (Pongamia pinnatta, Tam:Pungamaram, Mal:Ungu)
is boiled in 1 ltr water and made to 500 ml. The juice of two lemon and 5
gm of baking soda are mixed with the above decoction and
administered orally at an interval of 6 hrs.
 50-100 ml each of ground nut oil (Arachis hypogaea, Tam&Mal:Kadala
enna) and turpentine oil, shaken well to form a frothy appearance and
administer orally at an interval of 2-4 hours.
6.For Helminthiasis:
 Take half tumbler each curd and butter milk, keep it in a copper
vessel for 24 hrs. Add 5-6 tumbler water to dilute and administer 2-6
tumblers early morning for 3-5 days.
 Grind one handful of Asparagus racemosus (Tam: Sathavary, Mal:
sathavary) tubers in water and administer 2-6 tumblers early morning
for 3-5 days.
 Grind 25 – 100 g of dried papaya seeds in 250 ml water and
administer early morning for 3-5 days
 25-100 gram each of papaya seeds and cane sugar are ground well
and administered early morning for 3-5 days.
 Administer the raw juice of Agathi leaf (Sesbania grandiflora ) 50 to
200 ml early morning for 5-7 days
 Take 100 g each of Neem (Azadirachta indica, Tam:Veppu,
Mal:Aryaveppu) barks and castor root . Boil in 1 litre water. Make to
1/3 rd. Administer 50 – 350 ml of this decoctions early morning for 3
days .
 Grind 10 g each of Garlic and pepper, Boil in 100 ml of neem oil.
Administer 10 -30 ml orally for 3 days every month.
 Add the raw extract of one lemon with 25 ml of gingely oil (sesame
oil) and administer orally for 3 days every month
 Grind 2 handful of bitterguard (Memordica charantia, Tam:
Pakaikkai, Mal:Kaipakka or pavakka)) in water and 3 days each every
month early morning . (It should not be administer to the animals in
early pregnancy up to 3 months).
 Administer 50 – 150 ml of mustard oil (Brassica nigra, Tam&Mal:
Kaduku) early morning one week each every month.
7.Diarrhea:
 Grind Aerva lanata (Cherula) in rice wash and administer 2-3 times daily.
 Grind one handful each of tender leaves of pomegranate (Punica malus,
Tam; Mathulai, Mal:Mathalam) and barks of Jambolan (Syzygium
cumini, Tam:Nakaimaram, Mal:Njaval) tree in tender coconut water and
administer 3 times daily unlit diarrhea gets cured.
 Grind curry leave (Murraya koenigi, Tam:Kariveppilai, Mal:Kariveppila)
50-100 gram and administer 2-3 times daily diarrhea gets cured.
 Grind one handful of bamboo leaves (Bambusa spp., Tam: Moonkil,
Mal:Illi/Mula) in butter with and administer 3 times daily diarrhea gets
cured.
8. For enteritis:
 One handful each of tender leaves of Indian laburnum (Casia fistula,
Tam:Konnai, Mal:Kanikkonna) and betel leave are boiled in 1 ltr. water
make in to 1/3 rd. administer 50 -100 ml of this decoction 2 times daily
9.For Ectoparasites:
 Mix common salt in castor oil and apply.
 Whole plant extract of Lantana (Lantana camara, Tam:Unnichedi,
Mal:Arippoochedi/Konginihedi) should be diluted with the urine of
cattle and apply externally.
 Mix rock salt (Potasssium chloride ) with neem oil and apply.
10. Dermatitis:
 Root barks of Pongamia pinnatta should be ground in the oil of
pongamia seeds and apply externally.
 Grind 10 g turmeric powder with 50 g touch me not (Mimosa pudica )
and boil in 100 ml of neem oil. Apply it externally.
 Apply the latex of Calotropis (Calotropis gigantea,
Tam&Mal:Erikku) externally.
 Put 1 kg of the leaf of Dandappala (Wrightia tinctoria, Tam:Veppalai,
Mai:Dhandhappala/Ayappala) in a wide necked glass jar having
sufficient capacity with lid. Pour 1 ltr pure coconut oil in the jar
containing dandappala leaf. Close the jar with the lid tightly. Keep it
in clear and hot sunlight during day time and keep inside home at
nights for 7 days. The oil colour will become dark bluish violet and
the leaf will become deep fried structure. Then pour out the oil from
the jar carefully. (Don’t crush or squeeze the leaf). This oil can be
applied for any dermatitis or psoriasis conditions.
11.Warts:
 Apply a fine paste of copper sulphate (Tam: Thutham, Mal: Thurisu) in
water and apply carefully on the warts 3-4 time a day. Care should be
taken that it should not be applied on normal body parts. Because it is
very caustic).
 Take common salt in a cloth and rub it many times daily.
12.Respiratory tract Infections:
 Take Ocimum (Ocimum sanctum, Tam & Mal: Thulasi) 100 gm, dried
ginger 50 gm, pepper 10 nos, betel leaf and clove (Syzugium
aromaticum, Tam& Mal: Grampoo): 5 each . Grind these with 100 g of
jaggery and boil in 250 ml water. Administer 100 – 250 ml of the
decoction 2-3 times daily
 Coriander (Coriandrum sativum,Tam&Mal:Malli) 250 gm, Ocimum 50
gm, Jaggery 50 gm, Garlic 25 gm, camphor (Cinnamonum camphora,
Tam&Mal:Karpooram) 5 gm and 10 nos of pepper are grind well and
administer orally 2 times daily.
13.Foot and mouth disease:

 Grind papaya fruits well with honey and apply on mouth, tongue and
lips. Boil camphor with neem oil and apply externally on affected
hooves etc.
 Warm plantain (Musa spp., Tam:Vazhai, Mal:Vazha) leaf. Spread pig fat
oil (old) over it and administer orally.
 Crush Pig fat oil with Robust Plantain Fruit and feed internally.
 Apply teak oil on wounds.
14.Cracks and wound on Udder:

 Burn coconut fibre (Cocos nucifera, Coir, Tam: Thenkai maanji, Mal:
Thenga Chakiri), mix its ash with castor oil and apply.
15.Pyrexia
 Dried ginger, pepper, garlic, betel leaf and Tulsi are boiled in
horsegram (Macrotyloma uniforum, Tam: Kollu, Mal:Muthira)
decoction with a piece of neem bark and administer 3 times daily.
16. Avulsion / Breaks of horn:
 Bandage with the sap of banyan tree . (Should not wet with water ) .
 Bandage with onion juice. (If wet with water, no problem ).
17.Maggot wound:
 Grind tender fruit or tender leaf of Sugar apple (Anona squamosa,
Tam:Seetha, Mal:Aatha) and pack the wound.
18.New wound:
 Dress with the juice of onion.
19. Warts:
 Mix lime with the fresh juice of ginger as as paste and apply on warts
 Make a paste of copper sulphate with water and apply
20.General disease of Poultry including RD:

 Equal quantity of the juice of fresh turmeric(Curcuma longa,
Tan&Mal:Manjal), garlic and onion are mixed and administered 2-10
drops orally 4 times daily.
 For prevention:-Equal quantity of turmeric, garlic and onion are copped
and fedwith other poultry feed occasionally.
21.Live infestation of poultry:
 Spread crushed leaves of Annona squamosa inside poultry nest.
 Spread the leaves of calotropis inside the nest.
Address :
Mr D. Dhanapalan,
Kulirama, Ayyapangavu,
Kadamkode, Karingarappully Post, Palakkad -678551
Kerala
Cell: 09400600589
E-Mail: [email protected]
Date : 4 August 2014

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Traditional Ethnoveterinary Practices followed in

Palakkadu region of Kerala

There are many traditional ethnoveterinary practices followed by local healers

2,Physiological oedematous conditon during advanced pregnancy or

13.Foot and mouth disease:

14.Cracks and wound on Udder:

20.General disease of Poultry including RD:

Date : 4 August 2014

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