Ethnobotanical study on medicinal use of wild and cultivated plants in middle, south and west Bosnia and Herzegovina

Šarić-Kundalić, Broza; Dobeš, Christoph; Klatte-Asselmeyer, Valerie; Saukel, Johannes

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2010.05.061

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“…2). The external use of bark for skin disorders was also recorded in Albania and Macedonia (Pieroni, unpublished), while its internal use was mentioned in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo [55][56][57][58]. In our work, no data were recorded on the use of the tar (Betulae pix), in contrast to earlier reports in the country [59,60].…”

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“…Leaf: mostly in single remedies; among ancient data: for wounds [7]; for painful body parts [51,52]; as diuretic tea (Pieroni, unpublished) [55,56,62]; as a cholagogue, for gout, rheumatism, cold [55,56,62], fever and detoxication [55,56]; to treat urinary tract infections [54][55][56] and kidney stone [54]; in veterinary for diarrhoea in cows, for arthritis in suint [62]. Branches: internally: rain, which has gone through a birch tree, is collected and drunk to treat kidney stones and prostatitis; externally: beaten on the affected part to treat bruises [83].…”

Section: Birch Leaf and Bark Use In Ethnomedicinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Branches: internally: rain, which has gone through a birch tree, is collected and drunk to treat kidney stones and prostatitis; externally: beaten on the affected part to treat bruises [83]. Bark: for hemorrhoids (Pieroni, unpublished); for cold, fever, rheumatisms and purifying blood [55,56]; as a diuretic; for urinary tract infections [55][56][57][58]; externally: burned, the vapours are exposed to the skin to treat skin inflammations (Pieroni, unpublished). Sap: drained from the trunk in spring [63,64]; as a milk-rennet drug in cheese [77,78]; for children with milk in the teething period, for sores on the lower legs of humans [65].…”

Section: Birch Leaf and Bark Use In Ethnomedicinementioning

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The uses of Betula pendula Roth among Hungarian Csángós and Székelys in Transylvania, Romania

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The "European Pharmacopoeia VII" [13] includes only the leaf (Betulae folium) as the official drug part of B. pendula (in Romanian: "mesteacăn"), but the leaf, the bark (B. cortex), the bud and its essential oil (B. gemma, B. gemmae aetheroleum) are also commonly used in the official phytotherapy nowadays [14]. However, the official "Romanian Pharmacopoeia AbstractThe aim of this work is to evaluate the ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological use of Betula pendula Roth in various regions of Transylvania, in East and Central Romania. Silver birch is an important pioneer species in the country, which has traditionally been used in ethnomedicine, households and various customs. Among the ethnic groups, 55 informants from the Csángós and 68 from the Székelys were interviewed in six villages during field studies occurring between 2007 and 2012. Informants were asked questions about the medical and non-medical applications of B. pendula, focusing on the use of the leaf and woody parts in tools and customs, and on the collection and use of birch sap with its temporal change in local ethnomedicinal knowledge. Differences related to the use of birch among the studied areas were observed. The folk remedies prepared from the sap ("virics") and leaves were documented in local customs, with similar symbolic roles assigned to birch used in other countries. Sap collection was performed during interviews and by manual means. Four special section types on the trunk were presented, and data concerning the nutritional and ethnomedicinal use of the sap was recorded. Both the significance and use of birch sap have drastically decreased in Transylvania due to the appearance of new phytotherapeutical sources and to social changes caused by migration of young people. We found that this phenomenon is gradually leading to the disappearance traditional harvesting techniques, frequency of use and ethnomedicinal knowledge concerning B. pendula in the studied regions.

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Section: Birch Leaf and Bark Use In Ethnomedicinementioning

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Section: Birch Leaf and Bark Use In Ethnomedicinementioning

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The uses of Betula pendula Roth among Hungarian Csángós and Székelys in Transylvania, Romania

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“…& the first, with all other ethnobotanical studies previously conducted in the Western Balkans and available in English or in German (Glück 1894;Kemp 1935;Pieroni et al 2003Pieroni et al , 2005aRedžić 2006Redžić , 2007Jarić et al 2007;Pieroni 2008;Pieroni and Giusti 2008;Šaric-Kundalić et al 2010a, b), in order to point out previously undocumented medicinal plant uses; & the second with the main handbooks of Western phytotherapy (Jänicke et al 2003;Vanaclocha and Cañigueral 2003;Fintelmann and Weiss 2006;Barnes et al 2007;Schilcher et al 2007;Firenzuoli 2009;VIDAL 2010), in order to propose eventual new medicinal sources to be further evaluated by herbalists, pharmacologists, or phytotherapists.…”

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Cross-Cultural Ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: Medical Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology Among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter Plateau, Sandžak, South-Western Serbia

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An ethnobiological study concerning the medical ethnobotany and ethnozoology of two neighbouring communities of Serbians and Albanians living in the Pešter plateau (south-western Serbia) was conducted, the latter representing a diasporic community that immigrated to the area approximately three centuries ago. Sixty-two botanical taxa used in 129 plant-based remedies and 204 folk plant uses were recorded. In addition, 31 animal-derived remedies and 27 mineral or non-indigenous products were also documented. Approximately half of the recorded phytotherepeutical uses have been recorded for the first time in the ethnobotany of the Western Balkans and more than onethird of these uses have no correlation with Western evidence-based phytotherapy. Moreover, while both communities use approximately the same number of medicinal plants, two-thirds of the botanical taxa, but only one-third of plant folk medical uses are found in common among the two communities. These findings demonstrate that the two communities, although having lived in close proximity to each other during the past three centuries and in a relatively low biodiverse environment, have maintained or developed unique phytotherapeutical trajectories. The differences between the two folk medical biologies of these communities are reflective of the specific history of the Albanian diaspora, and of the complex processes of its cultural adaptation over the last three centuries.

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“…Segundo Šaríc-Kundalíc et al (2010), isso se deve à limitação de recursos financeiros para pesquisas nessa área, especialmente nos países em desenvolvimento.…”

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Ressignificação cultural e resistência na produção de fitoterápicos em comunidade quilombola

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2014

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ResumoO cerrado é o segundo maior bioma do mundo e contém elevada taxa de endemia, estando presentes diversas plantas para fins medicinais. A literatura da etnociência e da etnobotânica registra que a presença de comunidades tradicionais contribuem na preservação dos ambientes em que estão inseridos, valendo-se desta para valorização e manutenção destas comunidades (DIEGUES, 2000, GUARIM NETO et al., 2008, OLIVEIRA et al., 2009. Diante disso este estudo objetiva discutir os conhecimentos tradicionais sobre o uso de plantas medicinais pela Comunidade Quilombola do Cedro localizada em Mineiros, GO, Brasil. A metodologia empregada foi análise etnográfica donde se coletou informações junto aos membros da comunidade por meio de observação participante, conversas informais e entrevistas aplicadas a membros da comunidade. Os resultados da pesquisa mostram que o preparo dos remédios fitoterápicos se dá de duas formas e locais distintos: (1) no laboratório de plantas medicinais da comunidade, seguindo uma linha de produção e com procedimentos exigidos pelo controle sanitário, e (2) nas residências, baseado no conhecimento tradicional onde o recurso vegetal além de ser utilizado como remédio, impulsiona a socialização e o compartilhamento de saberes entre a comunidade. Considerando a utilização de plantas medicinais como parte da cultura da comunidade, observa-se um processo ressignificação cultural com a mudança na forma de preparo dos remédios, antes realizadas apenas nas residências e recentemente

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Ethnobotanical study on medicinal use of wild and cultivated plants in middle, south and west Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cited by 174 publications

References 25 publications

The uses of Betula pendula Roth among Hungarian Csángós and Székelys in Transylvania, Romania

The uses of Betula pendula Roth among Hungarian Csángós and Székelys in Transylvania, Romania

Cross-Cultural Ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: Medical Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology Among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter Plateau, Sandžak, South-Western Serbia

Ressignificação cultural e resistência na produção de fitoterápicos em comunidade quilombola

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