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But the fact remains that nature unexpectedly provides some of the most useful drugs, and most
of natures potential remains untapped.
Zoo-therapy
This refers to the treatment of disease by therapeutics obtained or ultimately derived from
animals. Some of the products include: Cattle and goat milk, bee honey, fish oil, bee wax, snake
venoms, human urine, chicken egg, mammal horns. The use of several materials of animal origin
came to halt because of changes in the moral outlook of modern society.
Assignment 1
1. Discuss the following with respect to ethno-pharmacology in your culture or tribe
a) Geo-therapy
b) Hydro-therapy
2. Various methods of collecting indigenous knowledge
3. Discuss the methods of Traditional Medicine preservation and Storage in your Culture or
Tribe
Deadline and presentation: 9th, February, 2015