Cow Dung for Reducing Aluminium Toxicity in Soil and Cow Importance from Vedic Scriptures

Aluminium is third most abundant element present in earth crust and if suppose it‟s concentration increases in soil and water than it affects plant root in which aluminium concentration is high and also if in water it concentration increases than normal than it‟s affect the aquatic life. In both the case aluminium toxicity is harmful to living being. But aluminium become soluble and finally movable when pH of soil decreases or soil become more acidic in nature and hence it‟s concentration increases which result in increase of aluminium toxicity which affect the normal growth of plant‟s roots which ultimately affects the plants growth. In this research work cow dung was used for treatment of polluted soil which was polluted by sulphuric acid. Due to addition of sulphuric acid Ph of soil lowers down but with the addition of cow dung pH of soil increases which is good sign of treatment for soil. Now as we know that aluminium becomes soluble or it‟s concentration increases at lower Ph value. In this soil was made acidic with the help of sulphuric acid which result in increase of aluminium toxicity but with the addition of cow dung Ph value of polluted acidic soil increases and hence aluminium toxicity can be reduced with the help of cow dung. The historical importance of Indian Cow from vedic scriptures and her effective utilization of panchgavya (mixture of urine, milk, ghee, curd and dung of Indian Cow) and individual products mentioned in various vedic book like Bhagwat Geeta, Mahabharat, etc were studied which was suggested by the known holly persons who were using cow dung as a medicine, as a thermal insulator, as a plaster, flooring etc.