Some Plants and Their Effects Used in Traditional Treatment of Diseases at Çorum Province in Turkey

Abstract

With this study, it was aimed to determine some plants used in the traditional treatment of diseases by local people in Çorum and to determine their purpose of use and how they are used. To determine this, totally 45 people were interviewed face to face Derinöz, Ağaççamı, Şaphane villages at Oğuzlar province, Kuyucak village at Sidings province, Kutluözü village at Iskilip province, Durucasu and Güvercinlik villages at Osmancık province, in Çorum city. The people, who participated in the survey, were asked to show the plants used in traditional treatment of diseases at the territory; for which diseases and how they are used. Field studies includes JuneOctober months of the year 2016. As a result of this study, 14 families and 18 taxa data are summarized. These are; Elaeagnus angustifolia (Elaeagnaceae), Equisetum ramosissimum (Equisetaceae), Carlina oligocephala var.

An Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Taşköprü (Kastamonu–Turkey)

“…Many researchers (Sezik et al, 1991;Sezik et al, 1992;Fujita et al, 1995;Yazıcıoglu and Tuzlaci, 1996;Sezik et al, 1997;Yesilada et al, 1999;Tuzlaci and Tolon, 2000;Uzun et al, 2004;Ecevit Genc and Ozhatay 2006;Ezer and Mumcu Arisan, 2006;Turkan et al, 2006;Cansaran et al, 2007;Kultur, 2007;Tuzlaci and Alparslan, 2007;Akgul, 2008;Koyuncu et al, 2009;Koca and Yildirimli, 2010;Tuzlaci et al, 2010;Bulut, 2011;Kizilarslan and Ozhatay, 2012;Sagiroglu et al, 2012;Sarac et al, 2013;Akbulut and Ozkan, 2014;Korkmaz and Karakurt, 2015;Polat et al, 2015;Akbulut et al, 2017;Eminagaoglu et al, 2017;Gunes, 2017;Karci et al, 2017;Kartal and Gunes, 2017;Tuttu, 2017;Yesilyurt et al, 2017;Aydin and Yesil, 2018;Badem et al, 2018;Gurbuz et al, 2019;Kazanci et al, 2020;Ergul Bozkurt, 2021;Guler et al, 2021;Gurdal and Ozturk, 2021;Kadioglu et al, 2021;Kazanci et al, 2021;…”

“…Many researchers ( Sezik et al, 1991 ; Sezik et al, 1992 ; Fujita et al, 1995 ; Yazıcıoglu and Tuzlaci, 1996 ; Sezik et al, 1997 ; Yesilada et al, 1999 ; Tuzlaci and Tolon, 2000 ; Uzun et al, 2004 ; Ecevit Genc and Ozhatay 2006 ; Ezer and Mumcu Arisan, 2006 ; Turkan et al, 2006 ; Cansaran et al, 2007 ; Kultur, 2007 ; Tuzlaci and Alparslan, 2007 ; Akgul, 2008 ; Koyuncu et al, 2009 ; Koca and Yildirimli, 2010 ; Tuzlaci et al, 2010 ; Bulut, 2011 ; Kizilarslan and Ozhatay, 2012 ; Sagiroglu et al, 2012 ; Sarac et al, 2013 ; Akbulut and Ozkan, 2014 ; Korkmaz and Karakurt, 2015 ; Polat et al, 2015 ; Akbulut et al, 2017 ; Eminagaoglu et al, 2017 ; Gunes, 2017 ; Karci et al, 2017 ; Kartal and Gunes, 2017 ; Tuttu, 2017 ; Yesilyurt et al, 2017 ; Aydin and Yesil, 2018 ; Badem et al, 2018 ; Gurbuz et al, 2019 ; Karakose et al, 2019 ; Kazanci et al, 2020 ; Ergul Bozkurt, 2021 ; Guler et al, 2021 ; Gurdal and Ozturk, 2021 ; Kadioglu et al, 2021 ; Kazanci et al, 2021 ; Karakose, 2022a ; Akbulut, 2022 ; Akbulut et al, 2022 ; Sener et al, 2022 ) have studied traditional medicine in Turkey’s northern Anatolia area (it extends through the Black Sea region to the Istranca Mountains in Thrace). These kinds of scientific research have also been carried out in several settlements of Kastamonu Province, the western Black Sea region where Taşköprü District is located ( Sezik et al, 1992 ; Tuttu, 2017 ).…”