Complementary Medicinal Uses of Animals in Diverse Kind of Pains

51 animals have been reported for the 55 complementary medicinal uses for the pain related problems i.e. Body pain, Sprain, Rheumatism, Muscle pain, Headache, Sprain, Bone fracture, Arthritis, Internal Pain etc. Of the total 51 animal species reported, 36 (70%) are included in IUCN red data list with 2 endangered, 5 vulnerable, 10 near threatened, 21 least concern category. Raw materials are used in 43 (78%) medicinal preparations collected always with injured the animals (flesh in 9 preparations, fat in 23 preparations, organs and bile in 3 preparations, blood in 3 preparations, whole body and ash in 5 preparations). The number of raw materials collected for medicinal preparation with injury to animal s life is very high. Of the total 55 medicinal preparations fat is reported as raw material in 23 medicinal preparations for the treatment of different kind of pain related problems.

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Dr. Madan Mohan Mahawar, M.Sc., Ph.D., Lecturer in Zoology, Govt. P.G. College, Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan) INDIA is working as ethnobiologist in the field of Ethnozoology in the Rajasthan, India. He has been published and reviewed many research papers and articles in reputed International Journals.