‘Every mother is a mini-doctor’: Ethnomedicinal uses of fish, shellfish and some other aquatic animals in Bangladesh

Ethnopharmacological survey of native remedies commonly used against infectious diseases in the tropical island of Mauritius

“…Mauritius is a tropical island in the midst of the ocean, and offers an important diversity of animal and plant species which can be used as alternative medicines. In the present survey, several animal products were reported to be traditionally used by the local people suffering from ear infection; which is consistent with published reports from Bangladesh, Brazil and some Asian countries (Deb and Haque, 2011). Brazil has nearly documented 290 animal species used in traditional medicine.…”

Animals used for medicinal and magico-religious purposes in western Granada Province, Andalusia (Spain)

“…Mammals and reptiles stand out as the most common animal groups used (Graph 1). These are also the principal groups in most of the works on other regions (El-Kamali, 2000; Kakati et al, 2006; Mahawar and Jaroli, Alves et al, 2008;Alves, 2009), although it should be noted that in works focusing on fishing communities, the number of fish species used is slightly higher (Alves and Rosa, 2007b;Deb and Emdad Haque, 2011). According to Costa-Neto (2005) animal-based medicines are elaborated from parts of the animal body, from its metabolic products (corporal secretions and excrements), or from non-animal materials (such as nests and cocoons).…”

Gendered perspectives of ecosystem services: A systematic review

“…Women were predominant in the valuation of medicinal products. All papers reviewed that focus on this ecosystem service show that women usually know more species with medicinal properties as well as more medicinal uses per species, especially species associated with childbirth and childhood ailments as compared to men (Al-assaf et al, 2014;Deb and Haque, 2011;deSantana et al, 2016;Diaz-Reviriego et al, 2016).…”

“…They usually know more medicinal plant species and also more medicinal uses per species (Al-assaf et al, 2014;Deb and Haque, 2011;deSantana et al, 2016;Diaz-Reviriego et al, 2016), especially species associated with childbirth and childhood ailments.…”