Table 1.

Medicinal uses of animals and animal parts in traditional therapy By Saharia tribe in district Baran (Rajasthan).

English Name	Scientific Name	Local Name	No. of Respondents mentions	Fidelity level (FL)	Part used	Medicinal use	Method of preparation	Related earlier reported use in India [References]
1. Bivalves	Mactra sp.	Seepi	11	52%	Ash of shell	Weakness	Ash of shell is taken for weakness.	Shell use for acne by Mogya, Bawaria, Meena tribe of Rajasthan. [22]
2. Camel	Camelus dromedaries	Uant	15	71%	Milk	Muscular pain	Used as massage cream in muscular pain.	Dung use for constipation in Kachchh. [20]
3. Crab	Cancer pararus	Kekada	6	29%	Whole body	Cough, asthma, T. B.	Ash of crab is used in lung diseases as cough, asthma, T. B. etc.	Whole body used for Jaundice and other liver disorders by tribes of Nagaland. [16]
4. Labeo	Labeo rohia	Machchhi	10	48%	Cervical vertebrae	Urine Problem	A fish cervical vertebra is rubbed with water and this essenced water is taken in urine blockage problem.
5. Goat	Capra indicus	Bakri	12	57%	Urine	Cough, tuberculosis	Urine of goat administered orally to cure tuberculosis.	Also reported by Ao tribe for asthma, T.B., paralysis [16] [24] and for insect bite by Tamilnadu tribe [10] and by Mogya in paralysis. [22]
6. Goat	Capra indicus	Bakri	21	100%	Bones of Legs	Weakness	Soup of leg's bone used to cure weakness.	Same use reported in Kachchh. [20]
7. Hardshelled Turtle.	Kachuga tentoria	Kachhua	6	29%	Carapace	Burn	Ash of carapace mix with coconut oil and use for skin burns.
8. Hardshelled Turtle.	Kachuga tentoria	Kachhua	5	24%	Carapace Flesh	Cough, asthma, T. B	Ash of carapace is used in lung diseases as cough, asthma, T. B. etc.	Same use by Mogya, Bawaria, Meena tribe of Rajasthan [22] and Ash of Lissemys punctatus' Carapace is used for healing of internal injuries, prurities and cough (Kachchh). [20]
9. Honey bee	Apis indica	Mokh	17	81%	Honey	Eye disease	Used as eye drops to cure eye disease.	Same use by Mogya, Bawaria, Meena tribe of Rajasthan [22] Honey is used for cough and could and asthma (Tamilnadu tribes). [10] [18]
10. Horse	Equus sp.	Ghoda	2	09%	Semen	Tetanus, Rabies	Administered orally to cure.
11. Human	Homo sapiens	Manakh	3	14%	Bones	Herpes	Bone is grounded with water and this paste is applied in Herpes.
12. Human	Homo sapiens	Manakh	19	90%	Urine	Wound	Human urine is used as antiseptic for wound healing.	Also reported by Naga tribe of Nagaland and Mogya, Bawaria, Meena tribe of Rajasthan. [16][22]
13. Indian Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	Mor	6	29%	Leg	Ear infections	Peacock's leg is rubbed with water and this essenced water is used in ear infections	Also reported in Naga tribe of Nagaland [16][24] and Bhil [15], Mogya, Bawaria of Rajasthan [22] Legs boil with oil in kachchh [20] and Maharastra. [17]
14. Indian Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	Mor	4	19%	Feather	Infertility	Rounded spots of feather mix with Jaggery.	The ash of feather is used for cough in Maharastra [17] and feather used in hiccups by the Tamilnadu tribes. [10]
15. Pigeon	Columba livia	Kabutar	14	67%	Fresh blood, meat, Feather	Paralysis	The fresh blood is massaged externally to treat paralysis. Soup of meat and feather is useful in paralysis.	Same use reported in Bhil [15] Mogya, Bawaria of Rajasthan [22] Kachchh [20] and Tamilnadu. [10] Blood is also use for epilepsy in tamilnadu [10] and Flesh use for asthma and weakness by Naga tribes. [16] [24]
16. Prawn	Macrobrachium malcolmsonii	Jhinga machchi	2	09%	Dried powder	Tuberculosis	Taken for cure of Tuberculosis.
17. Sambhar	Cervus unicolor	Sambhar	3	14%	Antler	Herpes	Antler is rubbed with water this paste is applied in Herpes.	Antler use in eye ailments by Mogya, Bawaria, Meena tribe of Rajasthan [22] and Kachchh [20]
18. Sheep	Capra sp.	Menda	16	76%	Milk	Muscular pain	Used as massage cream in muscular pain.	Same use by Mogya, Bawaria, Meena tribe of Rajasthan [22]
19. Snail	Pila sp.	Sankh	11	52%	Ash of shell	Weakness	Ash of shell is taken for weakness.	Flesh is use for asthma, tuberculosis, stomach disorders and eye related problems by tribes of Nagaland. [16]