Ethno-zoological aspects in Ayurveda (Part 1)

Abstract

Ayurveda in its domain has hidden many treatment modalities in different kinds of ailments that the present human being is suffering from. These treatment modalities are subjected to high quality research basis and are incorporated in various texts of Ayurveda. The acharyas of ayurveda had known that the future humans will suffer from such kinds of ailments that only medicinal herbs will not be sufficient to eradicate the disease process. For that reason they took the help of ethno-zoological way of treatment modalities and incorporated in the preparation of different kinds of medicinal preparations. In this article, taking this in mind, a few diseases along with its treatment by the use of animals and animal products is taken into account