THE MEDICINAL USE OF ENTOMOLOGICAL DRUGS USED BY TRIBAL COMMUNITIES OF EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH
A.U. KHAN *
TECHNICAL SERVICE CENTRE, CENTRAL SILK BOARD, SABHAWALA, DEHRADUN - 248 197, INDIA.
V.P. SHARMA *
REGIONAL SERICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION, SAHASPUR - 248 197, INDIA
H.K. AZMI *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, SHIBLI (PG) COLLEGE, AZAMGARH - 276 001, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Tribal communities use insects as drug to cure various viral, bacterial, clinical and physiological ailments viz. asthma, anaemia, abortion, bronchitis, delirium, exopthalmic goitre, filariasis, galactosaemia, impotancy, jaundice, leucorrhoea, rheumatism, tuberculosis prevalentin the eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.