Traditional medicine in Turkey IV. Folk medicine in the Mediterranean subdivision

Yeşilada, Erdem; Honda, Gisho; Sezik, Ekrem; Tabata, Minoru; Goto, Katsumi; Ikeshiro, Yasumasa

doi:10.1016/0378-8741(93)90048-a

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“…However, a very similar structure of plant use could be observed all over Georgia [32,33]. Interestingly, medicinal plant species tended to coincide much more with other studies in the region [14,[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43].…”

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Plant and fungal use in Tusheti, Khevsureti, and Pshavi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

Zambrana²,

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In this study, we documented traditional plant use in Tusheti, Khevsureti, and Pshavi and hypothesized that (i) plant use knowledge in general would be higher in isolated high elevation communities, and that (ii) use of home gardens would be much more restricted to lower elevation settings. Fieldwork was conducted in Khevsureti, Pshavi, and Tusheti. Interviews using semi-structured questionnaires were conducted with 74 participants. In the present study, we encountered 317 plant species belonging to 203 genera of 80 families being used in the research region. Of these, 197 species were exclusively wild-harvested, 73 were grown in homegardens, and 47 were both grown in gardens and sourced in the wild. The ordinations in plant-space and in use-space were significantly fit by elevation of informant community, and community itself. Age and gender did not significantly fit the distribution of informants across either plant-space or use-space, respectively. Number of use-reports was highest across all communities in the food and medicinal use-categories, and informant consensus. Species with especially high use-diversity (UD) tended to be woody species although. Species with high usevalue (UV) were mostly managed/domesticated species from home orchards, gardens, or farms. Plant species, and uses, found in our study, showed clear relations to the wider Eurasian cultural complex. The species number found was, however, far higher than in any published study from either the region or the wiser Mediterranean and Eurasia. The maintenance of home gardens in Georgia serves as socioecological memory. While the great variety of plant species used in the Georgian Caucasus might provide a reservoir for food security climate change is starting to affect both natural floristic diversity and gardens both in the Caucasus as well as continent wide.

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Plant and fungal use in Tusheti, Khevsureti, and Pshavi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

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“…Moreover, it has been recorded that the olive oil macerate of the flowering herbs is a popular externally applied home-remedy for the rapid recovery of cuts and burns. [10,11] The dried flowering parts are placed inside a jar of olive oil and kept under sunshine for abour four weeks. For the preparation of an efficient home-remedy, the key procedure is described as "the content of the jar should be exposed to the heat of the sun and the breeze of the night".…”

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Investigation of Acute Effects of Hypericum Perforatum (Kantaron) Treatment in Experimental Thermal Burns and Comparison with Silver Sulfadiazine Treatment

Kıyan¹

2015

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg

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“…Some Achillea species have been known to be ethnopharmacologically used in folk medicine for various purposes such as hemorrhoid and wound healing [7]. Herbal teas prepared of some Achillea species are very often used in folk medicine in Turkey as diuretics, for abdominal pain, against diarrhea, flatulence and emmenagogue, moreover for wound healing purposses [7]. A large number of medicinal plants belonging to the Asteraceae family contained chemical compounds exhibiting antimicrobial properties.…”

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“…Antibacterial and antifungal activities against a wide spectrum of pathogens as well as antioxidant properties of essential oils from several Achillea species and their compositions were also investigated in genus Achillea, known locally as "sarici vanpercemi". Indigenous uses of Achillea species are diuretic, emmenagogic agents, wound healing, curing stomachache, diarrhea and antispasmodic [4,7]. Both Gram-positive (Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative bacteria (Enterobacter aerogenes) have been proved to be major causal organisms of various human infections such as food poisoning, nosocomial infections, wound infections and urinary tract infections and have been selected for the present study [10].…”

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“…Various species of the genus are traditionally used in Turkey for wound healing, against diarrhea and flatulence, as a diuretic and emmenagogic agents, and for abdominal pain [4][5][6]. Some Achillea species have been known to be ethnopharmacologically used in folk medicine for various purposes such as hemorrhoid and wound healing [7]. Herbal teas prepared of some Achillea species are very often used in folk medicine in Turkey as diuretics, for abdominal pain, against diarrhea, flatulence and emmenagogue, moreover for wound healing purposses [7].…”

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Screening of various solvents and extracts of Achillea latiloba Ledeb. ex Nordm for antibacterial and antifungal activities

Ertürk

2014

Herba Polonica

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S u m m a r yIn this study the antibacterial and antifungal activities of extracted Achillea latiloba Ledeb. ex Nordm (Asteraceae) samples in acetone, ethyl acetate, ethanol, methanol and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) from Trabzon Province (Turkey) were investigated. Antimicrobial activity of A. latiloba varied depending on the extract of samples, dosage of extracts, and the extraction solvents for all test microorganisms. Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus salivarius, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Salmonella enteritidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Streptococcus mutans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus licheniformis, Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus subtillis, Proteus vulgaris andCandida albicans were studied with use of disc diffusion and agar dilution method. The results indicated that each of the crude extracts of Achillea latiloba exhibited a more or less pronounced antibacterial and antifungal potency both in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and fungi. While in the Gram-negative group, the most sensitive microorganism to Achillea latiloba were S. enteritidis and Streptococcus mutans which is Gram-positive. In the Gram-positive group, the microorganisms most sensitive to Achillea latiloba were Streptococcus mutans and L. monocytogenes. However, the least sensitive microorganism was P. vulgaris. The results presented in this paper suggest that Achillea latiloba possesses additional antimicrobial activities that has an effect against some Gram-negative, Grampositive bacteria and fungi.

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Traditional medicine in Turkey IV. Folk medicine in the Mediterranean subdivision

Cited by 177 publications

References 2 publications

Plant and fungal use in Tusheti, Khevsureti, and Pshavi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

Plant and fungal use in Tusheti, Khevsureti, and Pshavi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

Investigation of Acute Effects of Hypericum Perforatum (Kantaron) Treatment in Experimental Thermal Burns and Comparison with Silver Sulfadiazine Treatment

Screening of various solvents and extracts of Achillea latiloba Ledeb. ex Nordm for antibacterial and antifungal activities

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