Background: This article examines the therapeutic use and quantitative ethnobotany Methods: Data were collected during 2021 2022 surveys as a result of interviews, rapid assessments, collection field materials. Interviews with local population conducted in form questionnaire, consent informants. Results: One hundred seventeen species 73 genera 20 families, used by Kitab district Kashkadarya reg...

In present-day Europe, the knowledge of how to use plants in folk medicine is mostly obtained from written sources, such as books on popular medicine or pharmacopoeias. The situation in contemporary Estonia does not differ much. In addition to these sources, though, the Estonian scholars of the field can find information in a collection of the Estonian Folklore Archives, dating back to the midd...

Background & Aim: Kazeroon, with an area of about 4060 km², is situated at 110 km in the west of Shiraz, Fars province, Iran. This area is important for plant biodiversity, due to the presence of some important habitats such as international Lake of Parishan in the southeast, woodlands of Quercus persica in the east and branches of Shahpoor river in the west of the region. Therefore, f...

Several species of the family Caryophyllaceae are widely used by many ethnic communities as traditional medicine throughout the world. The highest number of plants of the family are used in Chinese traditional medicine. The ethnopharmacologial studies of this family indicate that plants of the family possess anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory pr...

Tajikistan is a small country located in Central Asia. The mostly mountainous terrain with a continental, subtropical, and semiarid climate, is characterized by diverse flora. Many people in Tajikistan rely on medicinal plants as their traditional form of medicine to prevent and cure health disorders. Aromatic medicinal plants, in particular, have played an important role for the local people. ...

Sudan folklore medicine is characterized by a unique combination of Islamic, Arabic, and African cultures. In poor communities, traditional medicine has remained as the most reasonable source of treatment of several diseases and microbial infections. Although the traditional medicine is accepted in Sudan, to date there is no updated review available, which focuses on most effective and frequent...

According to one of the ancient proverbs in India,” there is no plant on earth which has no medicinal property.” More than 90% of the compounds used in modern medicine have their origin from plant sources. A large number of plants have been used by man from ancient times as medicine for curing various ailments. In recent times there is an upsurge of interest and focus on the importance of medic...

A number of wild crops remain unexplored in this world and among them some have excellent medicinal and nutritional properties. India is a harbor of biodiversity in general and phytodiversity in particular. The plant diversity is distributed from the Western Ghats to Eastern Ghats, along with the North-Eastern region and from the Greater Himalayas to the plain of Ganga. Among these distributed ...

With notable exceptions, indigenous peoples in most parts of the world relied on plants for most of their physical and cultural needs. Plants provide not only food, in many diverse forms, but also medicine, as well as the basis of material culture. Traditional cultures manufactured everything from string to boats to houses with the materials provided by the plants around them. We have provided ...