Random Ethnobotany Notes by Pankaj Oudhia

Random Ethnobotany Notes by Pankaj Oudhia. Part-519 Delhi Gang Rape 2012: Use Potent Herbs to make Rapists Impotent within no time. “Run, Run. Its not joke. And please hold your breath.” It was voice of Traditional Healer of Bastar.  This warning was serious and this was the reason I ran as fast as possible to safe distance. The herbs started burning. No one was there except young goat surrounded by fumes.  “It is painless method of castration we are performing since time immemorial.” The Traditional Healer informed. I was recording the entire event in my video camera. Few days after this new experience when I visited the same Healer I found the goat in good health but without sexual power. “These herbs are equally effective against human beings. That’s why we always take special precaution when we use it for castration in day to day life. In order to avoid its misuse we keep the information about these herbs secret and add more herbs with basic herbs ...

Random Ethnobotany Notes by Pankaj Oudhia. Part-518 Missing Dendrophthoe Herbal Formulations from Dharwad, Karnataka.   “But he is here for studying Parthenium menace not for medicinal plants. Keep your Formulations with you.” It was voice of the local person travelling with me in Dharwad area of Karnataka state.  I was at University of Agricultural Sciences for International Conference on Parthenium Management. After my paper presentation group of university professors invited me for field trip to demonstrate the impact of imported Mexican beetle Zygogramma on Parthenium population.  “Let’s visit to farmer’s field where you can ask them openly about the impact.” They proposed.   The formal discussion with farmers turned into informal when I started sharing knowledge about medicinal weeds present in surroundings. Farmers were not in favor of chemical weed control methods suggested by the university professors. They liked the concept of weed man...