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Cure for Fever


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Category Veterinary Care
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Mr. lalubhai Motibhai Vaghela
City / District Ahmedabad
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address Mu po Bhadiyaad Dhandhuka Ahmedabad
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 382463

PAS_1 Ethnomedicinally sesame oil has been used against a number of ailment including pain, fever, inflammation, constipation, diuretic, healing burns and wounds, and others (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311671389_Sesamum_indicum_Sesame_or_Til_Seeds_and_oil_-_An_Historical_and_Scientific_evaluation_from_Indian_perspective)
PAS_2 Sesame oil meal (or sesame oil cake) is the protein-rich by-product obtained after oil extraction. Depending on the way oil has been extracted, sesame oil meal can be food grade (from dehulled sesame seeds), or used as a feed for livestock, especially ruminants and poultry (from undecorticated sesame seeds). (https://www.feedipedia.org/node/26)
Agro Ecological Zone Western plain, kachchh and part of kathiawar peninsula, hot arid eco-region (2.3) ,Coastal Plains and Hills (XIII),Bhal and Coastal area (GJ-8) 14.26% North Gujarat ( GJ-4) 19.87% North west zone (GJ-5) 36.38 North Saurashtra (GJ-6) 29.49
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description Fever
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Procedure of Use If an animal in his farm is suffering from fever/pyrexia, Lalubhai Vaghela makes a liniment from 100 gram sesame oil (Sesamum indicum) and four spoons of common salt. This liniment should be rubbed on the body of the animal twice a day for five days. The animal is cured of fever and back to normal health
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Global Context Bovine ephemeral fever: a review. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10051179) Epidemiology and control of bovine ephemeral fever (https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13567-015-0262-4)
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Practice ID DTP0010000000397
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1912
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