Background & Aim: Knowledge of the traditional application of plants is declining faster than the plants themselves; this study was conducted to record and store the local knowledge and cultural outcomes for using the medicinal plants in treating diseases in Mobarakeh region, Isfahan, Iran. Experimental: This study has done based on applying the desert survey, information of local people, and ...

Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipschitz, syn Saussurea lappa C.B. Clarke is a well known and important medicinal plant widely used in several indigenous systems of medicine for the treatment of various ailments, viz. asthma, inflammatory diseases, ulcer and stomach problems. Sesquiterpene lactones have been reported as the major phytoconstituents of this species. Different pharmacological experiment...

London: Kegan Paul, 1936; Jung, C. G., Psychological Types, New York, Harcourt Brace, 1923, are well-known examples of this approach. 3Chapple, E. D., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 25, 2, 1939. 4 Crozier, W. J., and Hoagland, H., "The Study of Living Organisms," in Murchison, C., A Handbook of General Experimental Psychology, Worcester, Mass., Clark University Press, 1934, p. 3 and ff. 6 Crozier, W. J...

1. Department of Botany, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India-110007 [Email: [email protected]; Tel: +919953228994] 2. Department of Botany, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India-110007 3. Department of Botany, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India-110007 4. Department of Botany, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India-110007 5. Departments of Zo...

Medicinal plants have long been considered for the treatment of many diseases among Iranians and in recent years use medicinal has increased. In traditional Iranian medicine, described to eliminate kidney stones, dissolve stones or prevent stone formation. Based on results Cichorium intybus L. Biarum straussii Engl., Tribulus terrestris L., Nasturtium officinale R. Br., Alhagi camelorum Fisch.,...

The Cistanche species ("Rou Cong Rong" in Chinese) is an endangered wild species growing in arid or semi-arid areas. The dried fleshy stem of Cistanches has been used as a tonic in China for many years. Modern pharmacological studies have since demonstrated that Herba Cistanches possesses broad medicinal functions, especially for use in anti-senescence, anti-oxidation, neuroprotection, anti-inf...

1 D D Pant Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India, 2 Departments of Botany, Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, India, 3 Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 4 Centre for Medical Diagnostic and Research, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India, 5 Depa...

Ficus deltoidea Jack (Moraceae) has had a long history of use in traditional medicine among the Malays to alleviate and heal ailments such as sores, wounds, and rheumatism and as an after-birth tonic and an antidiabetic drug. Modern pharmacological studies demonstrated that this plant has a wide variety of beneficial attributes for human health. Despite its importance, a review of this species ...

This article is derived from a broader study of ethno-botany, medical anthropology and alternative medicine in Middle Eastern countries, which has been conducted during the past two decades. It presents examples of different edible and medicinal plants and their uses by different communities (urban, peasant and Bedouin) in the treatment of diseases and various medical disorders. Alongside, the ...