Snake Medicine of Tribal Bastar

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In India, snakes are sacred, held in reverence second only to perhaps the cows. The tribal people of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, have in fact adapted their lives around the reptiles and believe that snakes offer cures with great efficacy. Although modern medicine is known to use snake venom, but the traditional medicine systems of this region throw up challenges that are yet to be explored.
Wetlands occur where the water table is at or near the surface and land remains covered by water. Once treated as transitional habitats or seral stages in succession from open water to land, wetlands are now considered to be distinct ecosystems with specific ecological characteristics, functions and values.