The folk-medicinal plants of Kadişehri (Yozgat – Turkey)

Muhammed İhsan Han,Gizem Bulut

doi:10.5586/asbp.2015.021

Abstract

This paper contains significant ethnobotanical information on folk-medicinal plants and their ethnopharmacological uses in Kadışehri. The aim of the study was mainly to collect and identify the plants used therapeutically by the local people, and to make available information about traditional herbal medicine. It was undertaken during the period 2011–2012 and is based on plants collected during field work. Fifty-six plants used in folk-medicine and belonging to 34 families were identified in this study. Of these, 48 species were wild, and 8 species were cultivated plants. The most common families were Rosaceae (12.5%), Lamiaceae (8.9%) and Asteraceae (7.1%); and the most common preparations were decoctions (36.7%). In addition, a cultural importance index (CI) and use report (UR) were calculated for each species. Based on the CI, the most important plants were Cydonia oblonga (0.77), Ecballium elaterium (0.66), Urtica urens (0.66), Vitis vinifera (0.66), Plantago lanceolata (0.65), Plantago major subsp. major (0.65) and Rosa canina (0.62). We found three species of plant (Astragalus noaeanus, Populus ×canescens and Salvia cyanescens) which had never before been reported to have medicinal properties.

Highlights

It is a well-known fact that, throughout the centuries, plants, owing to their many beneficial properties, have played a significant role in the daily life of human beings, providing food and medicines, as well as other advantages, e.g. plant fibres for clothes, wood for building etc
The plants used for medicinal purposes in Kadışehri are presented in Tab. 1 and Tab. 2 and arranged alphabetically according to their botanical names, together with relevant information
94 specimens were collected in the research area

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Introduction

It is a well-known fact that, throughout the centuries, plants, owing to their many beneficial properties, have played a significant role in the daily life of human beings, providing food and medicines, as well as other advantages, e.g. plant fibres for clothes, wood for building etc. Plants used for various illnesses are placed first in order of importance as natural resources. Treatment with traditional folk-medicine is still esteemed highly, by those who have no access to modern healthcare. It is inevitable that so-called traditional folk-medicine mostly originates from plants. Around 80% of the world’s population use plants to treat several illnesses [1]. Medicinal plants are an important source of modern drugs; about 25% of the drugs prescribed worldwide come from plants [2]

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