Asthma sufferers were made to drink fresh blood of the gaar mixed with cashew
feni as a cure. The patient held his/her nose with left hand and drank the
mixture with right hand - just as we were made to drink Epsom salt purgative!
Maratha warriors used the gaar with ropes attached for climbing high walls of
forts.
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna, Goa
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Fred,
We used to pronounce it as 'gaar' as in 'thand gaar' or icy cold. To me, 'ghar'
is an eagle.
Is it not a species of the Indian Iguana?I remember folks with asthma being
made to drink
the blood of the 'gaar' as a cure!I had a friend, who drank it, but was not
convinced that
it cured him.
Naguesh
Naguesh Bhatcar
