Ethnobotanical study of the attitudes towards herbal remedies and conventional medicines among local population of the north Black Sea coast

During the recent years, there is an increased interest in the problems of wild mushrooms and medicinal plants in all over the world. An intensive research is currently performed in order to further clarify the peculiarities of numerous edible, toxic and cultivated wild mushrooms and medicinal plants. Both traditional and contemporary knowledge of the population is assessed by means of a variety of ethnomycological and ethnobotanical methods. The manners of usage by the population of wild edible mushroom and medicinal plants are intensively studied in many countries, too. In the present review article, the results from some recent investigations by Bulgarian and foreign authors devoted to the knowledge and use of some popular wild mushrooms and medicinal plants are summarized. The necessity for the intensification of the collaborative ethnomycological and ethnobotanical research in Europe is outlined.

Section: The Review Of Published Materials Of Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants Of South Tyrol In Northernmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ethnobotanical Aspects Of Contemporary Medicinal Plant Usagementioning

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Ethnomycological research in the field of wild mushrooms and medicinal plants

Dimitrova

2021

“…On the North Black Sea coast, there is little data ethnomycological studies in the available literature, unlike ethnobotanical ones. [49,50]. Some medicinal wild mushrooms in 11 towns and nine villages on the territory of the North Black Sea coast in Bulgaria are identified, too [51].…”

Section: Medicinal Wild Mushroom Distributionmentioning

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Distribution of edible, toxic and medicinal wild mushrooms in Europe and Bulgaria

Dimitrova

2021

The scientific interest in wild mushrooms continuously increases worldwide. In the present review article, the results from some recent investigations by Bulgarian and foreign authors devoted to the current distribution of some edible, toxic and medicinal wild mushroom species in Bulgaria and some European countries are summarized. Some newly-recognized mushrooms are indicated. The examinations of wild mushroom safety under the conditions of environmental contamination deserve special attention, too. The scientists from European countries and Bulgaria have essential contributions to the field of the mushroom identification and distribution.

“…Data for a similar survey at the municipal level in Bulgaria were found only for the municipality of Isperih (Northeastern Bulgaria) [3]. Ethnobotanical studies on the Northern Black Sea coast, the region in which the municipality of Balchik is located, was conducted by Boycheva and Marinova [4], Boycheva and Kosev [5], Boycheva and Zahariev [6], Cherneva et al [7,8,9]. The Bulgarian scientific names of the plants are according to Handbook for Plants in Bulgaria [10],…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Ethnobotanical research of the medicinal plants in Balchik Municipality (Bulgaria)

Zahariev

Radeva

2020

Studies of medicinal plants have been conducted in many municipalities and regions in Bulgaria, but only species diversity has been studied. Data from ethnobotanical studies in Bulgaria are scarce. The conducted ethno-botanical study of medicinal plants on the territory of Balchik municipality is performed for the first time. As a result, we found that the population of the municipality uses a small part of the medicinal plants: 89 species out of a total of 845 medicinal plants in Bulgaria. Medicinal plants are used mainly for side applications (71%) and to a lesser extent for medicinal purposes (29%). Urban and rural populations use almost the same number of medicinal plants. There are significant differences in the number of plants used by different ethnic groups, age groups and groups with different levels of education. Women use more medicinal plants in human medicine, and in applications for other purposes, more plants are used by men. Most medicinal plants are used by people of active age. The people of Balchik Municipality use for various purposes mostly cultivated medicinal plants, rather than wild and mostly alien species, than native ones. The majority of respondents (78%) do not use medicinal plant substitutes. Most of the people (92.5%) are not aware of the shortcomings of the medicinal plants or the possible side effects of their use.