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Curing Cough in Animals


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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Mr. Rasulbhai Musebhai Vohra
City / District Surendranagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address Jenabad, Dasada, Surendra Nagar
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 382765

PAS_1 Root is carminative and expectorant, useful in coughs and catarrhal affections, dysuria and colic. (Solanum indicum Linn. a related spp of Brinajal has great medicinal value, https://www.science20.com/humboldt_fellow_and_science/blog/solanum_indicum_linn_related_spp_brinajal_has_great_medicinal_value )
PAS_2 Allium cepa Linn. (Liliaceae) Bulb paste mixed with mustard oil and administered thrice daily for one month for the treatment of cough (An ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of livestock diseases in Tikamgarh District of Bundelkhand, Central India, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025280/ )
Agro Ecological Zone Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3),Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) ,North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
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Disease Description In cases of extreme cough in an affected animal, repeated coughing causes extreme salivation and frothing from the mouth. The animal also loses appetite and does not eat fodder.
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Procedure of Use To cure cough, 500 grammes root of Brinjal (Solanum melongena) are crushed and added to 2 litres of water. Mix well and boil the mixture for half an hour. After it cools down feed 250 ml of the mixture twice a day to the affected animal orally with the help of a drencher for 4 days. The animal will be completely recover from the cough within one week. All the villagers adopt this method. He learnt this method from his forefather.
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Practice ID DTP0010000000181
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/2001
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