Plants used as painkiller in folk medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic pain

Meryem Şeyda Erbay; Sezin Anıl; Gülay Melikoğlu

Plants used as painkiller in folk medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic pain

Abstract

There are many plants used by the public in the treatment of various diseases in Turkey.The folk remedies prepared with these plants from which treatment and how they used have been reached to day-to-day by transferring the generations. The traditional treatment methods are recorded by ethnobotanical researches and it is aimed to contribute to drug development studies. In this study, which was prepared by screening of ethnobotanical researches, 72 taxa which used in traditional treatment against rheumatic pain in Turkey are reached and the scientific and local names, families, used parts of these taxa and the use forms in rheumatic pain were compiled. According to the research done, families that are commonly used for rheumatic pain are Ranunculaceae (8 taxa), Asteraceae (5 taxa), Brassicaceae (5 taxa), Lamiaceae (5 taxa), Apiaceae (4 taxa) and Liliaceae (4 taxa). The plants used for rheumatic pain contain analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and rubefian compounds. Rubefian compound containing species are applied externally to the rheumatoid region and act by increasing the blood supply of the region. Analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic active species are used in the form of decoction / infusion both internally and externally.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Botany

Journal Section

Review

Authors

Meryem Şeyda Erbay ^*
0000-0001-9889-9250
Türkiye

Sezin Anıl
0000-0003-2092-2419
Türkiye

Gülay Melikoğlu
0000-0003-4510-1326
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 27, 2025

Submission Date

March 28, 2017

Acceptance Date

August 2, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 22 Number: 2

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APA

Erbay, M. Ş., Anıl, S., & Melikoğlu, G. (2025). Plants used as painkiller in folk medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic pain. Journal of Research in Pharmacy, 22(2), 133-141. https://izlik.org/JA38BY39DA

AMA

1.Erbay MŞ, Anıl S, Melikoğlu G. Plants used as painkiller in folk medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic pain. J. Res. Pharm. 2025;22(2):133-141. https://izlik.org/JA38BY39DA

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Erbay, Meryem Şeyda, Sezin Anıl, and Gülay Melikoğlu. 2025. “Plants Used As Painkiller in Folk Medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic Pain”. Journal of Research in Pharmacy 22 (2): 133-41. https://izlik.org/JA38BY39DA.

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Erbay MŞ, Anıl S, Melikoğlu G (June 1, 2025) Plants used as painkiller in folk medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic pain. Journal of Research in Pharmacy 22 2 133–141.

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[1]M. Ş. Erbay, S. Anıl, and G. Melikoğlu, “Plants used as painkiller in folk medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic pain”, J. Res. Pharm., vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 133–141, June 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA38BY39DA

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Erbay, Meryem Şeyda - Anıl, Sezin - Melikoğlu, Gülay. “Plants Used As Painkiller in Folk Medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic Pain”. Journal of Research in Pharmacy 22/2 (June 1, 2025): 133-141. https://izlik.org/JA38BY39DA.

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1.Erbay MŞ, Anıl S, Melikoğlu G. Plants used as painkiller in folk medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic pain. J. Res. Pharm. 2025;22:133–141.

MLA

Erbay, Meryem Şeyda, et al. “Plants Used As Painkiller in Folk Medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic Pain”. Journal of Research in Pharmacy, vol. 22, no. 2, June 2025, pp. 133-41, https://izlik.org/JA38BY39DA.

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1.Meryem Şeyda Erbay, Sezin Anıl, Gülay Melikoğlu. Plants used as painkiller in folk medicine in Turkey – III: Rheumatic pain. J. Res. Pharm. [Internet]. 2025 Jun. 1;22(2):133-41. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA38BY39DA