A dimension within Herbal & Traditional Medicine
This theme covers the practice of foraging for wild food, medicinal plants, and other natural resources from the forest.
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We get various greens and various fruits from the forest.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
We get various types of fruits and roots from the forest.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
From the forest, we also get many things as vegetables, such as
— Kekti Tekam
From the forest, we get leafy vegetables, tubers, mushrooms, and fruits. All these kinds of things are available.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
We are getting all kinds of seasonal produce from the forest.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Lamingi, Rayagada, Odisha
Forest food collection
— Suna majhi · Kulusingi, Rayagada, Odisha
Grains and other food items are included from the forest.
— Sunita Kumari
Grains, food, and foodstuffs are included from the forest.
— Sunita Kumari
Forest-derived food includes fresh bamboo shoots, bamboo sago, and Kendu fruit, among others. We obtain our food from the forest.
— S Guruteli · Upperpur, Malkangiri, Odisha
Forest food
— Abhimaneu Sabar
Forest Food
— Abhimaneu Sabar
In the forest, we find greens, wild tubers, mushrooms, fruits, and roots of all kinds in every season.
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
We get our nutritious diet from the forest, such as Mahua fruit Doli oil in the form of fat, Kodo, Bhaddi, Kulthia, Mahua flowers, Jamun, Mahua kheer, Bhaji, etc.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Currently, we are seeing that people are gradually obtaining the fruits, medicinal plants, greens, and nutritious food that were available in the forest.
— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Forest products such as Jharakunduru, Pitalu Konda, and various other types of edible forest produce are available. These also serve as food for animals and birds, and consuming them provides nourishment.
— Anirudha Marai
Herbs of the forest
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Mahuwa seeds, herbs, Pohri, and Putu Lakh are brought from the forest.
— Kekti Tekam
The things found in the forest are fruits and roots, such as Kendu, Char, Mahua, and Amla.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Vitamin food in the forest. Katukola berries were found. These are Banasula, tea, Kendu.
— Dhananjaya Harpal · Sargigora, Kalahandi, Odisha
Residents in the forest bushes have a business of various medicinal plants, and they benefit from it for food.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
From the forest, we bring mahua and mahua seeds.
— Kekti Tekam
Nutritious food found in the forest: Mudhi saga, Chhati saga, Bhadbhadia saga, Koila saga, Munga saga, Ghumi saga, Tartha saga.
— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha
Generally, the forest contains many edible substances, some of which are harmful, while others are beneficial for everyone. Moreover, there are many plants in the forest that serve as food and drink.
— Rakesh kumar Kumar
Listeners bring greens, wood, Pohri, and pootu from the forest.
— Kekti Tekam
It is true that bringing vegetables and leafy greens from the forest provides nutritious food for a growing body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The edible items found in the forest are Kendu, Chaar, and Mahua, which
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Nutritious diet from the forest: seasonal fruits, jamun, mahua, mango, charoli, jaggery, peanuts, and Shegaon vegetables.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
People bring many other types of medicines from the forest that are found in abundance.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
In our forests, various edible fruits and flowers like Chhode ki Bhanji, Patari, Peepar, Katto, Laheren, Kotwal, Bhanji, Fisdi, Gadsukhadi, Banspihari, and many others are found.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
In the forest, there are many types of food, such as various nutritious tubers (kandha), which can be given during midday meals in schools and also protect against various diseases.
— Deepanjali Nayak
We used to eat greens from the forest, including Madhuranga greens, Nautia greens, Marisa greens, and all those other types of greens.
— Sanjukta Arukh · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha
Even now, fruits, flowers, healthy herbs, and medicines from the forest are being used by us, including the tribal community.
— ishwarsabar · Chelema, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
From the forest, we bring four Tendu fruits, Amla, Jamun, and wood and bamboo for burning.
— Kekti Tekam
In our forest, fruits, roots, leaves, flowers, and leafy vegetables grow naturally. There are no chemicals in them, and they are completely nutritious. It would be good to serve them for lunch.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
We get treatment from the forest.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We can give fruits found in the forest like :- Tendu, Char, Aonla in our lunch.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
In the forest, along with other bushes, edible bushes also used to have more charoli and temri.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We can use muIdim found in the forest as traditional medicine.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
From the forest, we collect ruguda mushrooms, mudhi saag, kuiler saag, girel flowers, bhindua kadi, and so on. If all these are nutritious foods for us, they should be included in the midday meal.
— RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha
Forest herbs
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
