An ethnobotanical survey of some medicinal plants in Keban (Elazığ-Turkey)

Dynamic Chiropractic

Omer Kilic²  Eyup Bagci³ 

[1] Department of Biology, Firat University, Elazığ 23100, Turkey.;Technical Science Vocational High School, Bingol University, Bingöl 12000, Turkey.

关键词: Ethnobotany;    medicinal plants;    traditional medicine;    Keban;    Turkey.;   

DOI  :  10.5897/JMPR2013.4451

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: MPA Media

【 摘 要 】

In this study, 61 wild plant taxa belonging to 30 families that are used as medicine are documented in Keban (Elazığ). The most encountered medicinal plant families were Lamiaceae (10 taxa), Asteraceae (8 taxa), Fabaceae (6 taxa) and Rosaceae (5 taxa), the most common preparations were infusion and decoction. These folk medicinal plants are mostly used for treatment of kidney stones, colds and flu, analgesic, cough, for skin and diabetes diseases.Mentha longifolia(L.) Huds. subsp.typhoides(Briq.) Harley var.typhoides,Salvia syriacaL.,Rosa caninaL.,Thymus kotschyanusBoiss. & Hohen. var.kotschyanus,Portulaca oleraceaL. andRumex acetosellaL. were the plants most used by the local people in Keban, Turkey.

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