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White small daney on<br />

baby’s skin after high fever<br />

Pertusis<br />

Swelled abdomen • Flour is kneaded into small dough and is put on the baby’s<br />

belly<br />

Mubarki ki bemari • The newborn is put isolated in a room and no one is<br />

allowed to go to his/her room. The newborn recovers by<br />

him/herself<br />

Kali khansi/ khara tit<br />

Condition of the<br />

neonate<br />

Weakness<br />

Local Terminology<br />

Sokray ki Bemari<br />

Balochistan: Pishin<br />

Home management practices<br />

Vomiting Ultian • ORS is given to the newborn<br />

Loose motions Dast/ Amnoona • Half cup ORS a day is given to the newborn<br />

• Cumin seeds are warmed, grinded, mixed in water and<br />

given to the newborn<br />

Skin or eye is yellow<br />

Convulsions<br />

Swelling of abdomen<br />

Breathing problem<br />

Cold<br />

Temperature<br />

High fever<br />

Mucous in chest<br />

Peela parna/ Asardai/<br />

yarqan/ Zarai<br />

Jhatkey/dorey<br />

Pait phoolna<br />

Saans ki takleef<br />

Sakarey<br />

Tez bukhar/ taba<br />

Seena kharab/ Zigar<br />

Kharab De<br />

• The newborn is laid in sunshine covered with a yellow cloth<br />

• The newborn is taken to a faith-healer who gives an onion<br />

after dam. The onion is tied with the crib of the baby. The<br />

baby gets better as the onion turns yellow<br />

• The newborn is covered with a yellow cloth so it absorbs<br />

the yellow color of the baby<br />

• Anis seeds are boiled in black tea and one tea spoon is<br />

given to the newborn in the morning and evening<br />

• Hararr and anis seed are boiled in water and given to the<br />

newborn for 4-6 days<br />

• Black tea mixed with bartang (a herbal medicine) is given to<br />

the newborn<br />

Grunting with cough Khansi (Tukhaie De) • Egg yolk mixed in black tea is given three teaspoons in a day<br />

Bleeding from cord<br />

Unconscious<br />

Cannot digest milk<br />

Naaf se khoon bahey<br />

Lagharien/ Lashaoori/<br />

Dangar<br />

Ghara/ Doodh hazam na<br />

ho<br />

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