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

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.

journal_name

J Ethnopharmacol

authors

Yeşilada E,Honda G,Sezik E,Tabata M,Goto K,Ikeshiro Y

doi

10.1016/0378-8741(93)90048-a

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-05-01 00:00:00

pages

31-8

issue

1

eissn

0378-8741

issn

1872-7573

pii

0378-8741(93)90048-A

journal_volume

39

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