SOME MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS USED AS FOLK MEDICINE FOR GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM DISEASES IN EUROPEAN TURKEY

Authors : Gulden YILMAZ

Pages : 13-18

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Publication Date : 2018-07-28

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Most of the medicinal and aromatic plants have been used for gastrointestinal system diseases such as constipation, gallstone and stomach aches as folk medicine. In according to this, this paper includes some traditional medicinal plants which are used for gastrointestinal system diseases in European Turkey. To understand how the medicinal plants used as folk medicines: photographs of the plants, locations of them in European Turkey, plant parts used for treatment, preparations, therapeutic effects and using dosages are given in the present study.
Keywords : European Turkey, folk medicine, gastrointestinal disease, medicinal plant