BACKGROUND Ethnobotany in South-Eastern Europe is gaining the interest of several scholars and stakeholders, since it is increasingly considered a key point for the re-evaluation of local bio-cultural heritage. The region of Gollobordo, located in Eastern Albania and bordering the Republic of Macedonia, is of particular interest for conducting ethnobiological studies, since it remained relative...

Folk medicine encompasses the knowledge acquired by generations through indigenous methods of treatment. It comes from the herbal resources, animal and mineral parts which contribute to the treatment system with beliefs. It comprises the knowledge of endemic herbs transferred from one generation to the other as guarded secrets. There are magical and astrological influences invoked in this syste...

The paper deals with the folklore use of twentyone plant species occurring in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh for curing dental aliments.

The pharmacognostic features of Cleome gynandra L. a traditional anticancer drug for ascertaining its authenticity. Macroscopic, microscopic, histochemical localization studies and preliminary phytochemical screening along with HPTLC analysis were carried out the aerial parts selected plant. results macro, quantitative revealed presence some unique microscopic features. Preliminary data suggest...

The field of medicine originated in ancient times and developed according to society's values. Religious beliefs, lifestyles, customs shape national medicine, which turn is shaped by history culture. This culture, known the scientific literature as "folk medicine," also existed Kazakh society. cultural manifestation, dubbed "Field Medicine" our article, was documented written sources from Karak...

This paper presents an account of 25 species used by the Irulas of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, as medicinal plants. In addition to scientific name and uses, local name are also given, Medicinal plants and uses hitherto unreported for this tribe alone are given in this paper.

We analyse the use of medicinal plants by local populations from two parishes in central Estonia in the 1930s applying a model of herbal landscape. Our study, based on archived records of traditional ecological knowledge of 11 schoolchildren and 5 adults, compares the individuals’ expertise of medicinal plants to the common knowledge of the local community. This shared knowledge, passed on from...