Oral History Interview : Balu Budha Valvi

Content Description

The oral history interview of Balu Valvi, an traditonal healer who has been practicing indigenous medicine making past 25 and more years. He talks about the preparation of medicine and how he gives the medicine to the patient. Most prominently he is giving medicine from coconut water and normal water to one single patient. He specialises in kidney stone, diseases related to women's menstrual cycle and snake bite.

Condition Description

The audio quality of the recording is good, except for disturbance from the background voices.

Accession Date

2025-09-20

Dispostion

The oral history interview gives the testimony of first hand experience of the traditional tribal healers called Vaidu's. It gives us a detailed information of the preparation of herbal medicine, their names in tribal language, disease names in tribal language, methods of preparing medicine and proportion of dosage.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

The interview was conducted on 20th September 2025, at residence of Balu Budha Valvi, Dindori, Nashik

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

Yes

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