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Living in a small tribal village called
Vanki, Sudhakarbhai (45) is a traditional herbal healer
with specific therapies for various livestock ailments.
His family consists of six people; his wife assists
him in preparing various herbal therapies, eldest
son works as a wireman, the younger one looks
after 11 acres of their ancestral land in
Maharashtra where the youngest son and daughter are
studying. He has around six acres of land where he cultivates Nagli, Paddy, Pigeon pea and groundnut. He
also has some cattle head to take care of. He is
quite famous for his herbal treatments in the area and
is easily approachable. He even has visitors from nearby Surat. His family traditionally has been involved
in administering herbal medicines for curing
various livestock ailments and he learnt the same
through the elders. Realising the importance of
this knowledge he made extra efforts to imbibe the maximum from his elders.
Sudhakarbhai gives herbal medicines for poultry
ailments, bloat in animals and diabetes in human.
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