Editor-in-Chief
Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu
Vice Editors
Levent Kabasakal
Esra Tatar
Online ISSN
2630-6344
Publisher
Marmara University
Frequency
Bimonthly (Six issues / year)
Abbreviation
J.Res.Pharm.
Former Name
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
2010 , Vol 14 , Issue 3
Turkish folk medicinal plants, IX: Ovacık (Tunceli)
Marmara Üniversitesi, Farmasötik Botanik Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
DOI :
10.12991/201014449
The aim of this study was made to reveal the plants used as traditional folk
medicine in Ovacık (Tunceli). For this purpose, the field works have been done between May
2007-May 2008 in April, May, June and July lasting for 30 days, in total. During this research
all the settlement centers (including 33 villages) have been visited, the specimens of the
plants used as folk remedies have been collected and the information such as local names,
ailments treated or therapeutic effects, plant parts used, method of administration, dosage,
duration of treatment have been recorded. The collected plant specimens are kept in the
Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University (MARE). As a result of identification
of 76 plant specimens, 67 species used as a traditional folk medicine, have been determined.
Among them 65 species are wild and 2 species are cultivated plants. These plants
and their local usage in treatment are presented in a table in the text. It was found out that
the plants recorded in Ovacık are mostly used for cold, diabetes and wound.
Keywords :
Folk Medicine, Medicinal Plants, Ovacık, Tunceli, Turkey