Naxals bring ayurveda to Bastar tribals
Maoists have taken up the task of spreading awareness of traditional
Indian medicine, ayurveda, among the tribals in Chhattisgarh’s south
Bastar region of Abujhmad where rebels run a parallel government. The
Nelnar Area Committee of CPI(Maoist) operating in the Orchha region in
south Bastar district of Narayanpur, which falls in Abujhmad area, has
circulated brochures in tribal Gondi dialect detailing various herbal
plants available in the area and their therapeutic values, among the
local adivasis, the police quoted a local Naxal commander, who
surrendered recently, as saying.
“The brochure, titled ‘Mawa Jungle, Mawa Dawai (my forest, my
medicine)’, introduces different kinds of herbal plants and illustrates
their therapeutic power to treat the particular diseases. The booklet
has not only helped the tribals residing in remote and inaccessible
villages having no access to medical facilities but also the local rebel
cadres,” Nelnar Area Committee commander Navin, who gave up arms
recently, revealed to the police. “We have seized some brochures and
sent them to the experts to examine the authenticity of the claims made
in the literature,” a senior district police officer told this newspaper
on condition of anonymity. “Krantikari Jantan Sarkar (Maoists’ parallel
government)” of Telnar Area functioning under Mad-North Bastar joint
division of CPI(Maoist) has been mentioned as publisher of the booklet.
The brochure gives tips on treating 56 types of diseases, including
malaria, diarrhoea, small pox, bone fractures, healing of injuries,
chest pain, tonsil, snake bites and asthma through herbal medicines.
Maoists have been running parallel governments in the villages of Kutul,
Toke, Maheneli, Kudnar, Padamkot, Usebeda, Kasturmeta, Nelangur and
Farasbeda under Orchha region.
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