An Ethnobotanical Study on Plants Used in the Treatment of Gynecological Diseases in Some Provinces of the Eastern Anatolia Region

Year 2023, , 834 - 843, 25.08.2023

Songül Karakaya , Zehra Kımışoğlu , Ümit İncekara , Özkan Aksakal , Yusuf Ziya Sümbüllü , Ahmet Polat

https://doi.org/10.16984/saufenbilder.1241517

Abstract

This work was supported by “The Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks.” It was carried out to document the plants used by people living in and around Ardahan, Iğdır and Kars provinces between 2020-2021 for gynecological diseases. For this purpose, medicinal plants used by the public for therapeutic purposes were collected and determined, their use, and parts used were reported, and herbarium samples were prepared. Regular visits were arranged to the regions where the research was carried out, and surveys were conducted by interviewing and speaking with the area's people. It was determined that 34 medicinal plant taxa belonging to 18 plant families were used in gynecological diseases among the people of Ardahan, Iğdır and Kars provinces and their surroundings. These plants include 26 wild species and 7 cultivated species. It has been observed that the most commonly used medicina plant families in gynecological diseases are Asteraceae (6), Malvaceae (5) and Lamiaceae (3). Although traditional medicine is widely practiced in the regions where it is studied, it is rapidly being replaced by modern medicine and pharmacy.

Keywords

: Eastern Anatolia, gynecological diseases, Ardahan, Iğdır, Kars

Supporting Institution

T.C. Tarim ve Orman Bakanliği Doğa Koruma Ve Milli Parklar 13. Bölge Müdürlüğü Ardahan Şube Müdürlüğü’ne, 13. Bölge Müdürlüğü Iğdir Şube Müdürlüğü’ne ve 13. Bölge Müdürlüğü Kars Şube Müdürlüğü’ne

Project Number

2020/134501

Thanks

This work was supported by the Turkish Ministry of Forestry and Water Work Natural Protection and General Directorate of National Parks (13. Regional Directorate Ardahan Branch Directorate, 13. Regional Directorate Iğdır Branch Office and 13. Regional Directorate Kars Branch Directorate “Recording Traditional Information Based on Biological Diversity in Villages Within the Boundaries of Kars-Ardahan-Iğdır Provincial Branch Offices”). The funding body itself has no direct role in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript.

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