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

J Ethnopharmacol. 1993 May;39(1):31-8. doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(93)90048-a.

Abstract

The traditional utilization of plants as medicine in the Mediterranean region has been investigated. Field surveys were carried out among the people who live in the Taurus Mountains. Sixty-nine medicinal plants have been identified, which are listed with the vernacular names, the parts used, the methods of preparing the drugs and their traditional usages.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Medicine, Traditional*
  • Mediterranean Islands
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use*
  • Plants, Medicinal / classification*
  • Turkey

Substances

  • Plant Extracts