Table 8 Animal part or products uses for medicinal purposes in different parts of India.
Medicinal uses without injury to animal | Medicinal uses with/without injury to animal | Medicinal uses with injury to animals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disease | By-products (Honey, milk, mucous, wax, shellac, cocoon, musk, egg) | Excreta | Urine | scale/antler/ Feather/teeth | Bones /carapace | Flesh /meat | Fat | Blood | Organs/ bile | Whole body/ash /powder |
Antidote | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2 | Â | 4 | 1 |
Burn | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | Â | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Eye and Ear | 3 | Â | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Â | Â | 2 | 2 |
Gastric disorder | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Â | Â | 6 | 2 |
Gynecological problems | 1 | 1 | Â | Â | 1 | 2 | Â | Â | Â | 1 |
Impotency | 1 | 4 | Â | 1 | 1 | 12 | Â | Â | 1 | Â |
Miscellaneous | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Nervous System | Â | 1 | 1 | Â | Â | 4 | Â | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Pain | 7 | 2 | 1 | Â | Â | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Respiratory Problem | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | Â | 5 | 3 | 9 |
Skin related Problem | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Â | Â | 4 |
Urinary Problem | Â | 2 | Â | Â | 1 | 3 | Â | Â | Â | 2 |
Weakness | 2 | Â | 1 | Â | Â | 5 | Â | 2 | Â | 3 |
Wound healing | 3 | Â | 1 | Â | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Â | 1 |
Total-270 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 62 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 40 |
% of total- | 13% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 23% | 8.9% | 7% | 9% | 15% |