The preliminary ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Uşak (Turkey)

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 21 Sayı: 2, 305 - 310, 01.04.2017

Gizem Bulut M. Zahid Bozkurt Ertan Tuzlacı

https://doi.org/10.12991/marupj.300795

Öz

This study was made to reveal the plants used as traditional

folk medicine in Uşak in 2013. The specimens of the plants

used as folk remedies have been collected and the information

about the local names, the part(s) used, the ailments treated,

the therapeutic effect, the preparation, the methods of

administration, and the duration of treatment were recorded.

The plant specimens are kept in the Herbarium of the Faculty

of Pharmacy, Marmara University. As a result of identification

of the plant specimens, 38 species, used as a traditional folk

medicine in Uşak, have been determined. According to the

majority of the plants which have similar usages, the plants were

mostly used for gastrointestinal system diseases, respiratory

system diseases and urinary system diseases.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ethnobotany, Folk medicinal plants, Uşak, Turkey

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