Abstract:

The present study based on anthropological participant observations has been conducted on selected centurion women of Gujarat. Forty old women (80 yrs or more) were selected to study diverse indigenous knowledge systems used to cure various human and animals ailments. The study indicates that with passage of age, indigenous knowledge systems get more strengthened and refined. In curing the diseases of human and animals, various locally available plant parts are utilized. In spite of availability of modern veterinary services, these women still follow ethnoveterinary medicines to cure their animals; similar cases exist for the healthcare of human being.