USE OF ELEUSINE INDICA (L.) GAERTN. (KECHILA GHAS) AS AN ANTIPYRETIC MEDICINE OF HERBIVORES

In Murshidabad district of West Bengal state, India, the traditionally animal rearing people feed parts of Kechila ghas as an antipyretic medicine to their herbivorous animals. The plant is identified as Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. of the family Poaceae. After collection from the soil, the plants are washed and the whole root along with 1-2 centimeter of stems are cut and fed directly at fresh, succulent stage to the ailing animals for that purpose.