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The ethnobotany of Istria - medicinal and aromatic plants

Ethnobotanical research in Istria is continuously carried out in the period 2015 - 2019, with the aim of documenting the traditional ecological knowledge of the local people, and the present use of wild plants for food, folk medicine, etc. Here are the results for medicinal and aromatic plants of 75 in-depth semi-structured interviews (47 women and 28 males, average age 68.1), conducted in the area of NE Istria (municipalities of Buzet, Lupoglav, Lanišće, Mošćenička Draga and Kršan). Of the 137 species of medicinal and aromatic plants recorded, the most commonly mentioned and used species that have edible-medicinal uses are: Taraxacum spp., Urtica dioica L., Asparagus acutifolius L., Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Ruscus aculeatus L., Tamus communis L., Rubus caesius L. and Juniperus communis L. The most common spice-medical plants are: Laurus nobilis L., Rosmarinus officinalis L. and Thymus longicaulis C. Presl. Respondents largely use phytotherapeutic plants to help treat the symptoms of: sore throat Salvia officinalis L., earache Sempervivum tectorum L., cold Malva sylvestris L. and Sambucus nigra L., for wound healing genus Plantago, against skin warts Ficus carica L., against skin diseases Hypericum perforatum L., for blood pressure regulation Olea europaea L., for gastric disorders Achillea millefolium L. and Artemisia absinthium L., against diarrhea Sorbus domestica L., Rosa canina L., etc. Most commonly preparations of the mentioned plants are: medicinal tea, syrup (with sugar), in oil, as a cooked meal (maneštra, fritaja) and spices.

traditional ecological knowledge, folk medicine, spices, Mediterranean

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