Until the deep-rooted reforms started from Selim II era, Ottoman health system was based on value series of Seljuk era. The institutions named Dârüşşifâ, bimarhâne and timarhâne, were not official state but they rather established through donations bureaucrats members public. Established in classical period, institution ‘Hekim Başılık (Chief Physicianship)’ mostly served to organize services pa...

In Italy, malaria was an endemic disease that was eradicated by the mid-20th century. This paper evaluates the prophylactic and therapeutic remedies used by folk medicine to cure malaria in Calabria (southern Italy).The data has been collected by analysing works of physicians, ethnographers, folklorists and specialists of the study of Calabrian history between the end of the 19th century and th...

The paper deals with the folk-lore use of 26 antidiabetic plant species occurring in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh. The methods of preparation and dose of administration of crude drugs as suggested by tribal and non - tribal herbalists are recorded in the study. Also the known chemical constituents(s) of these plants are included in the communication.

BACKGROUND Traditional remedies are an integral part of Colombian culture. Here we present the results of a three-year study of ethnopharmacology and folk-medicine use among the population of the Atlantic Coast of Colombia, specifically in department of Bolívar. We collected information related to different herbal medicinal uses of the local flora in the treatment of the most common human disea...

Background: In the ages when modern medicine did not exist yet, people developed some methods to treat their diseases with own efforts. These treatment consist of empirical applications based on experience and knowledge in light centuries transferred from generation generation. Although it lost its old effect wide application area development medicine, folk still exists today. Aim: Examining at...

Cancer disease has been on the increase recently in both developed and developing countries of the world resulting in 40 million deaths annually. Ethno-medicinal survey of indigenous herbal plants used in traditional medicine in the treatment of cancers was conducted in major communities in Bali, Gashaka and Sarduana Local Government Areas Taraba State Nigeria. Traditional medicine practitioner...