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International Journal of Zoology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.In Ethiopia, numerous ethnic groups rely on traditional medicine for their primary health care needs. Nonetheless, indigenous ethnozoological medicinal practices are being overlooked and are progressively disappearing due to inadequate documentation, as they are transmitted from one generation to the next via oral tradition.
Bekele Bewuket Kitaro +2 more
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Ichthyofauna Used in Traditional Medicine in Brazil
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Fish represent the group of vertebrates with the largest number of species and the largest geographic distribution; they are also used in different ways by modern civilizations. The goal of this study was to compile the current knowledge on the use of ichthyofauna in zootherapeutic practices in Brazil, including ecological and conservational commentary
Ana Carla Asfora El-Deir +9 more
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ZOOTHERAPY AS A METHOD OF A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE WITH ANXIETY
EurasianUnionScientists, 2021 Various stressful factors of everyday life cannot be ignored when solving key tasks. Due to the fast pace, modern people are very susceptible to stress, which often leads to terrible consequences (depression, nervous stress, loss of physical and psychological activity).
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Zootherapeutics utilized by residents of the community Poço Dantas, Crato-CE, Brazil
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2009 Background Animals have been used as a source of medicine in Brazil since ancient times, and have played a significant role in healing practices. Specifically in Northeast Brazil, zootherapy is a very common practice, and together with medicinal plants ...
Almeida Waltécio O +4 more
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Zootherapeutic uses of animals and their parts : an important element of the traditional knowledge of the Tangsa and Wancho of eastern Arunachal Pradesh, North-East India [PDF]
, 2019 Using animals and their products to treat patients suffering from a range of health conditions has a long history and is still common in many parts of the world.
Chakravorty, Jharna +2 more
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Traditional Medicine and the Pangolin Trade: A Review of Drivers and Conservation Challenges
ConservationPangolins (Manidae), recognized for their distinctive keratinous scales, are the world’s most trafficked mammals. This is primarily due to their extensive use in traditional medicine systems in Africa and Asia, where their body parts, particularly their ...
Chamali Kodikara +4 more
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Animals and animal products as medicines: A survey of Epie-Atissa and Ogbia people of Bayelsa State, Nigeria [PDF]
Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 2018 Context: The importance of traditional medicine cannot be over emphasized as a quarter of prescription drugs globally are natural based. In this type of medicine, plants are mixed together or are sometimes used in combination with other materials such as
Gideon O. Alade +2 more
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Revista Principia, 2019 The use of animals or their parts in obtaining and preparing medicines for the treatment of diseases is approached by one of the branches of ethnozoology, zootherapy. The studies in zootherapy aim to discover new drugs.
Robson Júnio Pereira de Lima +1 more
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Ethnobotany of Andhra Pradesh: A Review [PDF]
, 2008 This paper reviews the work done so far in the ethnobotany of Andhra ...
Reddy, K. N.
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Zootherapy in the Amazon: green anaconda ( Eunectes murinus ) fat as a natural medicine to treat wounds [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2017 Zootherapy (the use of the therapeutic potential of animals) is at least 6,000 years old, and has been kept active throughout generations until modern days. Animal fat is commonly used in the zootherapeutic folk medicine from South America, specially the
Erika SOUZA +3 more
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