When people get sick, they naturally go to the hospital to see a doctor and take medicine. Interestingly, if some wild animals are sick or injured, they will also heal themselves.
Monkeys living in tropical primeval forests sometimes suffer from malaria, trembling with chills and feeling very uncomfortable. At this time, the sick monkeys will eat the bark of the cinchona tree. The bark of the cinchona tree contains cinchonazolin, a medicinal ingredient that is effective in treating malaria. If the monkey eats it, it will not take long for the condition to be relieved and recovered.
Taking mineral springs and hot spring baths is a common treatment method for people. However, some animals also know how to use mineral springs and hot springs to treat illnesses. When American grizzly bears have joint diseases, they often go to bathe in hot springs containing sulfur, so that their joint pain can be effectively treated. Badgers also use mineral springs for healing. If a badger has a sore on its body, the mother badger will take it to take a mineral bath until the disease is cured.
Sometimes, some animals eat spoiled or poisonous food. In order to vomit out the poisonous food, they will eat some herbs that can induce vomiting. Hellebore contains an alkaloid that can induce vomiting. If a wild cat eats something poisonous, it will go to hellebore to eat. After eating, the poison will be vomited out, and the disease will slowly heal.
Some animals are injured and they will use mud compresses to heal themselves. After the pheasant broke its leg bone, it flew to the mud pond, picked up the soft mud with its beak, mixed it with some fine grass, and carefully applied it to its injured legs and feet. After the soft cloth was dried, it fixed the broken bones like a surgeon putting a plaster on a patient. After a while, the broken bones will be repaired. Orangutans also use mud compresses to treat illnesses. When its gums become inflamed and swollen, it puts mud on its cheeks to reduce inflammation and relieve pain.
There are many beasts that can heal diseases. For example, moose will eat oak bark to treat diarrhea; black bears will eat calamus leaves to treat stomach problems; bison will use mud baths to treat skin diseases.