Local knowledge on plants and domestic remedies in the mountain villages of Peshkopia (Eastern Albania)

Pieroni, Andréa; Nedelcheva, Anely; Hajdari, Avni; Mustafa, Behxhet; Scaltriti, Bruno; Cianfaglione, Kevin; Quave, Cassandra L.

doi:10.1007/s11629-013-2651-3

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“…As expected, the largest proportion was used for treating gastrointestinal and upper respiratory tract disorders, and this is consistent with data obtained from previous studies relating to everyday minor ailments [6,15,17,18,[20][21][22]36].…”

Section: Medicinal Plantssupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Some wild plants are semi-domesticated (SD, W/ SD; 7%), and from the listed taxa, significantly fewer are cultivated plants (C; 31%). Cultivated plants are much less prevalent than wild plants compared to similar studies undertaken for the plain regions [22], but this is also true of some other isolated communities located in the nearby mountains [17,18,20,21]. One possible reason for this is the preservation of the nomadic mode of life -simplicity, pragmatism, and the ability to conserve important key elements (including the plants used) despite changes, both natural and social, to their immediate environment.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Sempervivum has not been reported in studies of Macedonians and Gorani in the Shar Mountains (northwestern Macedonia); the plant also occurs on hilly or mountainous terrains [17,18], mountain villages of Preshkopia, eastern Albania [20], western Macedonia [21], and on Mount Korab [46]. These areas and communities are geographically close and similar in terms of environment and degree of isolation.…”

Section: Medicinal Plantsmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Most of the previous studies were mainly aimed at medicinal and edible plants and traditional handicrafts [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] and shed new light on existing ethnological and anthropological data. Some studies investigated small ethnic groups living in more or less isolated communities and provided new and very important data about the characteristics, storage, and transfer of the region's traditional knowledge [6,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. These not only addressed the specific features of the region, but also contributed to the understanding of complex historical and social processes that by far exceed the limitations of the mechanical documentation of botanical data.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Folk food and medicinal botanical knowledge among the last remaining Yörüks of the Balkans

2017

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The present study examines the current lifestyle of the last remaining Balkan Yörüks, a small and isolated group found within the Republic of Macedonia, and the modern representatives of an important portion of the Balkan nomads. The aim of this study was to document knowledge concerning local wild food plants and wild and cultivated medicinal plants, and to compare the Yörük ethnobotany with that of similar, more or less isolated ethnic groups occurring in the Balkan region (Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, and Turkey) in order to assess how cultural adaptation processes may have affected Yörük plant folklore. We conducted this study by means of detailed, semi-structured interviews with 48 key informants.Sixty-seven plant taxa were recorded from 55 genera, based on the compilation of more than 150 reports relating to medicinal, food, forage, ornamental, and dye plants, as well as some elements relating to animals and minerals. Our field study data show several major ethnic boundary markers that contribute to the homogeneity of the community and also distinguish it sufficiently from the surrounding society: (i) well-isolated locality; (ii) local dialect and endogamy; (iii) casual clothing worn by women; (iv) ceremonial jewelry: a necklace of cloves (Syzygium aromaticum); (v) Sempervivum marmoreum as an only ornamental plant which also has a medicinal use; and (vi) Mentha spicata as the dominant culinary herb, which has a medicinal use too. Comparison of the collected ethnobotanical data with that of similar, more or less isolated ethnic groups in the Balkan region shows that overlapping taxa include mainly plants whose fresh fruit are used; both nuts as well as edible greens. These plants are simultaneously used for medicinal purposes too, as home remedies, but in very different ways to other ethnic groups.Yörüks represent a remarkable cultural group in the Balkans. This community has nomadic traditions, but nowadays the people have a settled lifestyle. Traditional knowledge remains strong and is retained within a well-defined cultural boundary.

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Section: Medicinal Plantssupporting

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Medicinal Plantsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Ethnobotany can also be used to know the dynamics of traditional ecological knowledge as an effort for biodiversity conservation in the future (Pieroni et al 2014). Conservation of specific mountain ecosystem requires a multidisciplinary approach, so that the utilization of the ecosystem can be done on a sustainable basis in order to preserve the ecosystem service as a life supporting system (Idolo et al 2010;Kandari et al 2012;Khan et al 2013).…”

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The ethnobotany of medicinal plants in supporting the family health in Turgo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Nahdi¹

2016

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Abstract. Nahdi MS, Martiwi INA, Arsyah DC. 2016. The ethnobotany of medicinal plants in supporting the family health in Turgo, Yogyakarta,. The knowledge of healing using medicinal plants among the people of Turgo Hamlet, Purwobinangun, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia has been inherited from generation to generation. This knowledge must be studied and preserved. This study was conducted from January to June 2014 with an objective of studying the ethnobotany of medicinal plants in Turgo Hamlet community, including the local knowledge of medicinal plants to support the family health, the parts of plants used as medicines and the processing of medicinal plants. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to collect data, using in-depth interview with 40 respondents selected purposively. The results showed that the people of Turgo Hamlet used 69 plant species from 36 families as medicinal plants. The most used part of plant was leaf (51%), followed by fruit (15%), rhizome (11%), stem (5%), root (4%), sap (3%), flower (3%), all parts (3%), tubers (3%), and endosperm (2%). The medicinal plants were processed or directly used as medicines. Most of the medicinal plants were boiled (62%); others were smeared on skin (15%), directly consumed (12%), cooked (4%), used for bathing (3%), burned (3%), and crushed using a kitchen blender (1%). The medicinal plants were used for external (33%) and internal (67%) diseases.

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Medical Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology of Europe

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Local knowledge on plants and domestic remedies in the mountain villages of Peshkopia (Eastern Albania)

Cited by 96 publications

References 33 publications

Folk food and medicinal botanical knowledge among the last remaining Yörüks of the Balkans

Folk food and medicinal botanical knowledge among the last remaining Yörüks of the Balkans

The ethnobotany of medicinal plants in supporting the family health in Turgo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Medical Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology of Europe

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