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Treatment of Naja Naja (King cobra) Snakebites in Tribal Areas of Adilabad Distric, India, by Hakim

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Botany, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 4, Issue (3), Pages 30-32, March,10 (2015)

Abstract

A direct interview was conducted and collected the information from the Naja Naja snake bitten victims and the curing processes by the Hakim of Adilabad forest. The victim of snakebite mainly depend on Hakim that is traditional healers, for the treatment, may be due to the government health centers are not within the reach and lack of transport. Different snakebites have different symptoms and their treatments also varie. The tribal people prefer traditional herbal plants for the treatment rather than the allopathy medicine. The cure for the snakebite is 100% without any side effects. The different snakes bites have different symptoms, different treatment and different dosages of medicine.

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