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1.INTRODUCTION
Gyan Shodh a Social Internship organized by NIF,
conducted by HoneybeeAP,from 10th June to 19th June,
created a platform for us to gain very immense and
precious knowledge hidden in villages.We, the
engineering students of BITS-Pilani collected such
knowledge which helps NIF to create a database of
village knowledge and find solutions to some of the
problems faced by villagers.
I Patnaik Shanthi
Kiran along with Krishna Pavan and Ram Naresh were
allotted Chityala village (vaddikotthepalli, thorrur
mandal) to know the village knowledge.It took 3 days
to scan and get to know some important practices in
the village which were about to fade from this
village life.
Chityala is a village with population of more than
2,500 with 2000 voters including 800 Sc/St`s with
one Zilla Praja Parishad school,the only educational
center of this village.This village is beautifully
surrounded by agricultural lands and two rivers on
both sides (east and west) to quench the thirst of
farming lands . The major practice for survival here
is Agriculture but the village is famous for the
traditional medical practices and especially for
treating sexual issues like impotency, STD`s etc.
2. Traditional
Practices
Most of the traditional practices of this village
are Medical practices and then comes the
agricultural practices and some cultural practices .
Almost all the recordings are done from the very old
people of the village and this work really made us
happy as the knowledge that we have collected from
them would have got extinct if we would not have
recorded and the happiness is because the purpose of
our stay at Chityala is solved.
2.1 MEDICAL
PRACTICES
1.Baalinthalaku:[Given by Avula Somakka]
Elthuru, thogara Madhuvu, gummudu chakka , chennangi,
uppu chakka all should bi mixed, boiled, crushed and
juice is extracted from it .This helps them in
avoiding non-functioning of limbs.
Later Pipperlu,vayumaralu, kakkeroni, manchi miryalu
, sonthi, modi, suthikaaya maathara, baironi,
chinthamani should be mixed and powder of 5mg should
be taken in the morning and night every day.
Diet:
kandipappu, chintakaaya, tomato etc should be used.
Ellipaaya kaaram should be used with rice and
godhuma rotte.Avoid oil and use ghee if necessary.
If Baalinthalu gets fever: Dhumpa rastham chakka
should be rubbed against stone and juice is taken.
Palugu stone is heated and put in this juice and
allow it to boil. This juice when taken orally
causes vomiting/motions by cleaning stomach and
reduces fever.
2.Fever, Cold and
caugh:[Given by Ravula Shashi Rekha]
Vaamu, turmeric, salt, nalla vusiri, china paapidi
veru, mulkeru should be powdered, dried and stored
in bottles.
Dosage: morning 5mg
For High Fever:Nalla mulkeru puvvulu, should be
taken and juice is extracted by crushing them in
cloth . This is mixed with nalla vusiri veru, china
paapideru, karkaya, turmeric and salt.
3.Impotency: [Given by Rapolu Raghavulu]
Marri chettu udalu should be and take ash of it and
mix with singapuri vudi (strike against stone
collect juice ) . This is filtered and mixed with
naatu saara (liquor).This functions like Ozomen.
Also use nalla vusiri, salt, turmeric powder and all
should be mixed and made like tablets. Use this for
7 days(morning, afternoon and night).
4. Kaamerlu
A) Paccha kaamerlu: take 10 leaves of bitter guard
,1/4th thulam of jilakarra and make juice out of it.
Use 20-30 gms of water. This should be filtered and
taken weekly once (should not be stored).
Diet:
1st day: vari, pacha jonna rotte , kudumu etc.
2nd day:ellipaaya kaaram can be used.
3rd day: kandipappu, ellipaaya kaaram, bittergaurd ,
pappuchaaru, tomato etc should be used.
B) Ubbu kaamerlu: The process is same like
the above but use aamadaala leaves instead of
kaakarakaaya leaves.
C) Katte kaamerlu:
Symptoms: fever at nights, body becomes thin and dry
and no aakali.
Any of the above two treatments can be used.
5. For Free Urine (remove pain and burning
sensation)
Hamsapaada leaf(also called cheppa thatta leaf)juice
should be extracted, add sugar and take 20gms of the
mixure orally.
Dosage: daily morning for 3 days.
6.Vaapu rogam:
Gunta galjeru leaf, all parts of neela gurimidi
plant in equal proportions should be boiled in
water, mix pothu thatigola ash and drink.
Mix some of this water in bathing water also.
7. Female muttushula (bahistayye mundu vache
noppi)
Gadida ganapaku should be dried in shade, extract
juice from it , take half tea spoon of this liquid
and add 5gms of salt .
Kaaki donda gadda (root) should be dried and
powdered. Mix this powder in milk and take in the
morning orally.
Leaves of paathala bhairavi tree should be crushed
and mixed with water to make it like a bread piece,
add sugar and take 3 times daily.
Diet: Leafy vegetables, salt and mirchi should be
taken less. Ganji vanchani annam for 3 days.
8. Breathing problems:
Salt, nadella and vomu are mixed and extract juice
from it. Take this liquid orally.
9.Ganeria:
Hamsapaada leaf should be finely crushed and that
juice is boiled with red hot palugu stone. This
liquid is filtered and take orally for 3 days.Use it
in the early mornings (padakadupuna). Also, take
karkaaya beradu powder (after removing seeds) and
add karpuram powder. Apply this mixture to penis and
let it free for air.
10. Femle Kusuma Rogalu
White guggilam should be finely crushed and juice is
boiled till the foam is removed seven times (7times
pongaali). Take this liquid and add navabothu (patiki
bellam) powder in it. Also, cursh roots of pindi
poola tree and boil it with red hot palugu stone and
take orally for 3 days.
And boil muduru vepa chettu till it becomes red and
store it in matti gariga. Add sugar for taste and
take orally for 3 days.
11. Vedi Cheste :
Mosaambaru(3 thula), nalla bellam(3 thula) should be
mixed and use this paste like tablets in the
morning, afternoon and in the evening.(should not
take tamota, brinjal, spinach,chicken,fish, mangoes
etc.,)
12. Paralysis:
Gorita leaves or ganuga leaves (0.25kg) should be
crushed finely and add (0.5kg) of nuvvula nune and
boil. After allowing it to cool filter and massage
body with it 3 times a day.
13. Impotency Treatment:
Marati moggalu,dhumpa raastam, kalinga raastam,
naaga kesaralu,gorojanam,kumkuma puvvu and jajikaya
should be taken in equal proportions, crush and mix
it in honey and prepare like a black paste and use 3
times a day.
Orally take ginger paste (50grms) early in the
morning (paragadupuna/early morning without
brushing)
Take naanapettina manchi sanagalu in mornings and
evenings daily.
14. Scorpion bite:
The jeebili(gulumu) of buffalo should be applied on
the place where scorpion bites.
2.2. TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
1. MOTA : used in villages for getting water
from wells for agricultural practices. Photographs
are available.
2. YETHAM : Used for getting water from well
with less effort. Photograph available.
3. CURSHER : Used to crush any agricultural
produce to use it for home purposes. The photographs
are with R.Venkat Reddy garu and working can be
obtained from R.Srinivas reddy of chityala village.
3. BIODIVERSITY COMPETITION:
A competition was held at Zilla Praja Parishad
School of Chityala village for 8th ,9th and 10th
class students in which students are asked to
collect as many number of herbs as they can and
explain atleast one of its importance. A variety of
leaves are obtained and finally prizes (sketch pen
sets) are given to the winners. The leaves are as
follows:
1. Raale tree leaves : chaluva
2. Raale flowers : chaluva
3. Mulka kaaya : All breathing problems
4. Gunta Galijeru : boiled with oil and
applied to hair for strong and black hair.
5. Jilledu : to easily remove thorns from
body and also apply (along with nuvvula nune) to
limbs to remove pains.
6. Uthareni : boil this in nuvvala nune and
apply extremely to belly to reduce the size. (Borra
thagguthundi)
7. Karamanda (aloe vera) : take the paste
(present inside the leaf),add sugar and take orally
to control the blood flow of menstrual cycle) Take
this for $! Days early in the morning.
8. Picchaaku : apply the crushed leaf for
limb dislocation and pains. (kaalu vapu and
benakadam)
9. Malle / Ganneru : Apply the milk of this
leaf near the Bulged cheeks (champa gaddalu)
10. Banthi (mari gold) : applied for bee
bites.
4. RECIPE CONTEST :
An old lady of above 70 yrs.named Punagujju Laxmi, a
great devotee of Lord rama, actively participated in
this contest and won the prize (tiffin box) for her
two pickles which were in use some 30 years back.
1. Raale puvvu pickle
2. Budda gaashe pickle
These pickles were really tasty and have some good
medicinal values. Most important point to be noted
here was that she fed those pickles and food for us
with her hands.
5. SANMAAN :
Aa a token of appreciation, a shalw is given to
Rapolu Raghavulu, an elderly man with medicine as
his profession. Though many people in the village
co-operated and gave valuable suggestions and
practices, we chose him because of his habit of
sharing knowledge with the society just for the sake
of survival of the knowledge and not for his own,
also the main theme of our project. His saying
“naatho idantha pokunda janalaki upayogapadala”
impressed us a lot. He said he is also in search of
people like us to record his knowledge without
getting faded out along with time. It is really
fortunate that we went to him in his very old age
and almost forgetting everything. Out of all the
people we met in this village Raghavulu deserves
more than this appreciation and so we did.
6. VILLAGE KNOWLEDGE REGISTER:
To record all the other practices that we could not
cover in three days and also to make a note of any
new innovations in the village, a register is kept
with Village Administrative Officer. This will
definitely help our purposes and let us know the
information about many such unexplored things in the
village.
7. IMPORATANT
CONTACTS IN THE VILLAGE:
1.R. SUDHAKAR REDDY (M.A) – PROVIDED US WITH FOOD
AND ACCOMMODATION
2. R. VENKAT RANGA REDDY (M.D) – FOR ALL TYPES OF
VILLAGE VIDEOS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER COLLECTIONS
MADE OUT OF HIS OWN INTEREST.
3. R.THIRUMAL REDDY (M.S) FOR MODERN AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICES
4. R.SIRNIVASA REDDY – FOR ALL TRADITIONAL AND OTHER
OLD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES.
5. NARASIMHA RAO – VILLAGE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO
WHOM OUR REGISTER IS HANDEDOVER
6 . DASARI NARAYANA – TREATS BONE FRACTURES
7. THANDA MALLAIH – TRADITIONAL MEDICAL
PRACTITIONER, FAMOUS IN MANY VILLAGES FOR SEX
RELATED TREATMENTS.
8. KANDULA SOMAIAH – IMPOTENCY TREATMENT AND SEX
SPECIALIST.
9. AKUTHOTA CHANDRAIH – ANIMAL AND HUMAN BONE
FRACTURE TREATMENT
10. EEDURU MATTHAIAH – VETERNARY DOCTOR
11 RAPOLU RAGHAVULU – AYURVEDA RMP (FAMILY
TRADITION)
12. PUNUGUJJALAXMI – RECIPE SPECIALIST
8. INFORMATION OF
OTHER NEARBY VILAGES:
Madi palli(thorru mandal) : treatment during 2nd
month of pregrancy for a mole birth (100% results)
Annaram Sharif village : Yakub shahib baba dargah –
an example of communal harmony. 80% hindus visit
that dargha. All Yakayya’s in Hinduism are named
after this dargah. Nenala (Nelakuduru Mandal) A
muslim Guy very famous for treating any kind of
fractures.
9. SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS;
Though seems like a commercial aspect, we need to
focus on the publicity part. It is a must that a
good publicity is required even for our voluntary
purposes to let us know well to the people and get
them into their lives quickly. By giving publicity
our objective reaches deep into the minds of the
people and obviously our purposes will get deep into
the hearts of the people which will help all of us
in getting into a better network.
Publicity in the form of banners or posters
regarding the village knowledge register and our
goals which later leads to mouth publicity and get
settled well within the villagers.
People from any village feel comfortable whenever
there is someone to listen to their problems. It
will be better if we record them too and submit to
district collactorate with some feasible
suggestions.
Its really a great feeling to be part of this
internship. It is for the first time that we had
scouted for a social cause and gained some
traditional knowledge and village experience. Its
really worth more than just a social internship with
our coordinator Brigadier P.Ganesham who made this
tour very interesting and exciting. His guidance and
philosophy of life taught us many lessons.
We hereby heartfully than Ganesham Sir, NIF,
HoneybeeAP, Chityala village and all the known and
unknown hands that helped in this exciting journey.
Thanking you. |
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