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Fish as medicine: indigenous traditional knowledge and practices in Northeast India

Journal of Fisheries
Northeast India, often referred to as the bio-geographical gateway of the country. It is home to rich biodiversity and diverse indigenous communities with deep-rooted traditional knowledge systems.
Veselu Khesoh, Mayur Mausoom Phukan, Pranay Punj Pankaj   +2 more
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Perception and application of zootherapy for the management of cattle diseases occurred in northern laterite region of West Bengal, India

Asian Journal of Ethnobiology, 2022
Abstract. Mandal SK, Rahaman CH. 2022. Perception and application of zootherapy for the management of cattle diseases occurred in northern laterite region of West Bengal, India. Asian J Ethnobiol 5: 12-19. The present study aims to invent the glory of traditional knowledge about zootherapy for livestock diseases in the northern laterite region of West ...
SUMAN KALYAN MANDAL, CHOWDHURY HABIBUR RAHAMAN   +1 more
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The Disappearance of Urban Horses and the Rise of Homelessness and Mental Illness

City &Society, Volume 37, Issue 2, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Homelessness is growing in cities across the Western world, accompanied by high rates of mental health problems. To address this crisis, programs focus on providing affordable housing and mental health services. Yet this effort seems insufficient to stem the tide.
Vincent Laliberté
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Biodiversity, traditional medicine and public health: where do they meet? [PDF]

, 2007
Given the increased use of traditional medicines, possibilities that would ensure its successful integration into a public health framework should be explored.
Rômulo RN Alves, Ierecê ML Rosa, WHO World Health Organization, C Good, WM Gesler, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, C Anyinam, RRN Alves, AJ McMichael, J Lebel, P Pushpangadan, E Chivian, CJ Cowden, KC Nicolaou, WP McGuire, BM Olivera, AB Malmberg, K Valentino, GP Miljanich, SS Bowersox, GP Jones, PK Anderson, PR Epstein, P Daszak, RS Ostfeld, JF Walsh, RS Ostfeld, SS Morse, RP Wenzel, AJ McMichael, P Reiter, D Bell, P Shanley, GC Daily, JB Calixto, J Kerharo, CA Anyinam, L Castello, S Gillingham, B Child, RS Pomeroy, K Michael, E Lev, E Yesilada, RRN Alves, MO Adeola, NR Farnsworth, NR Farnsworth, DD Soejarto, F Grifo, F Grifo, E Chivian, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC), E Chivian, NR Farnsworth, NR Farnsworth, MJ Balick, PA Cox, NR Farnsworth, PA Cox, WE Kunin, JGW Marques, World Resources Institute, NG Bisset, BK Carté, DJ Faulkner, S Kang, CM Correa, R Lettington, K Ten Kate, A Hamilton, GT Prance, W Balée, W Balée, LC Branch, MCM Amorozo, RA Voeks, JR Stepp, C Fowler, W Beinart, RA Voeks, OA Sodeinde, SR Silva, SBB – Sociedade brasileira de Botânica, SR Silva, PAGM De Smet, DS Fabricant, E Ernst, WHO (World Health Organization), J Still, PR Schnurrenberger, V Brown, SKH Lee, RP Labadie, G Bodeker, J Giordano   +95 more
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Barcoding and traditional health practitioner perspectives are informative to monitor and conserve frogs and reptiles traded for traditional medicine in urban South Africa

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 2, February 2025.
Abstract Previous literature suggests that Indigenous cultural practices, specifically traditional medicine, are commonplace among urban communities contrary to the general conception that such practices are restricted to rural societies. We reviewed previous literature for records of herptiles (frog and reptile species) sold by traditional health ...
Fortunate M. Phaka, Edward C. Netherlands, Maarten Van Steenberge, Erik Verheyen, Gontran Sonet, Jean Hugé, Louis H. du Preez, Maarten P. M. Vanhove   +7 more
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Natural Products from Ethnodirected Studies: Revisiting the Ethnobiology of the Zombie Poison

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Wade Davis′s study of Haitian “zombification” in the 1980s was a landmark in ethnobiological research. His research was an attempt to trace the origins of reports of “undead” Haitians, focusing on the preparation of the zombification poison. Starting with this influential ethnopharmacological research, this study examines advances in the pharmacology ...
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Joabe Gomes Melo, Maria Franco Medeiros, Irwin Rose Menezes, Geraldo Jorge Moura, Ana Carla Asfora El-Deir, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Thiago Antonio de Sousa Araújo, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Rafael Ricardo Silva, Alyson Luiz Almeida, Cecília de Fátima Castelo Almeida, Ana H. Ladio   +13 more
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Ethnomedicinal Observations Among the Kondareddis of Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh, India [PDF]

, 2008
Ethnomedicinal information of Kondareddis has been collected from Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh, India during 2006-2008. A total of 40 plant species belonging to 39 genera and 31 families were used in traditional medicine to heal different diseases.
Raju, V. S., Reddy, C. S., Reddy, K. N.
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Impact of pet therapy and its application as a part of rehabilitation [PDF]

, 2016
Zoo therapy, or therapy assisted by animals is a structured program for interventions and care, witch is provided by the therapist to his patients with the help or in presence if an animal.
Georgieva, Dayana, Georgieva, Victoriya, Nikolova, Methodical coach: asst. Donka, Totev, Tzvetan   +3 more
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Nutritional, Antibacterial and Thrombolytic Prospects of Freshwater Paludomas conica Protein Hydrolysate and Its Anti‐Inflammatory Potential in LPS‐Induced RAW 264.7 Macrophage Cells

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2025.
Nutritional and biological potential of a freshwater mollusk, Paludomas conica, is revealed in this research. Protein hydrolysate of the mollusk has been used as an experimental sample. Proximate nutritional, mineral, and heavy metal contents, as well as prevalently anti‐inflammatory effects in LPS‐induced RAW 264.7 macrophage cells, were enumerated in
Tanvir Ahmed Siddique, Khalid Juhani Rafi, Sumaiya Akter, Farhana Yesmin Bithy, Rasheda Aktar, Asif Nadim Khan, Mumtahina Majid, Farjana Sultana, Srabonti Saha, A. M. Abu Ahmed, Atiar Rahman   +10 more
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Animal-based medicines: biological prospection and the sustainable use of zootherapeutic resources

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2005
Animals have been used as medicinal resources for the treatment and relieve of a myriad of illnesses and diseases in practically every human culture. Although considered by many as superstition, the pertinence of traditional medicine based on animals ...
Eraldo M. Costa-Neto
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