Study the knowledge of rural and nomadic people of Semirom from medicinal plants for treatment of digestive diseases

Document Type : Original article

Authors

1 Department of Range and Watershed, Faculty of natural resources and Geology, University of Kashan, Kashan. Iran;

2 Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Sciences, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

3 Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Background & Aim: Indigenous knowledge is a part of the unique culture of each country, which has been adapted to the environmental conditions of a particular ecosystem through experience and it has gradually become as a part of the social and productive culture of that community. The purpose of this study was to collect medicinal herbs and treatments associated with gastrointestinal motility by villagers and Semiramis tribes.
Experimental: Medicinal plants were collected from different parts of Semirom and transferred to Isfahan Province Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center. Data collection was done by questionnaire and randomly collected from indigenous peoples of the region (village and tribes) regarding the use of medicinal plants for various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such as the method of use, how to prepare and the parts used. Finally, data were recorded in the tables and charts and interpreted.
Results: The results showed that the interviewed 26 people referred to various gastrointestinal diseases, which mostly used the limb.
Recommended applications/ industries: The indigenous people of the Semirom region had fairly large information of plant and medicinal plant in environments around them, especially among nomadic people, because they had to leave for three to four months a year due to changes in the seasons.

Article Title [فارسی]

بررسی اطلاعات روستاییان و عشایر شهرستان سمیرم از گیاهان دارویی برای درمان بیماری های گوارشی

Authors [فارسی]

  • علیرضا صفری 1
  • منصوره قوام 2
  • سعید دوازده امامی 3
2 هیئت علمی دانشگاه کاشان
Abstract [فارسی]

Background & Aim: Indigenous knowledge is a part of the unique culture of each country, which has been adapted to the environmental conditions of a particular ecosystem through experience and it has gradually become as a part of the social and productive culture of that community. The purpose of this study was to collect medicinal herbs and treatments associated with gastrointestinal motility by villagers and Semiramis tribes.
Experimental: Medicinal plants were collected from different parts of Semirom and transferred to Isfahan Province Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center. Data collection was done by questionnaire and randomly collected from indigenous peoples of the region (village and tribes) regarding the use of medicinal plants for various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such as the method of use, how to prepare and the parts used. Finally, data were recorded in the tables and charts and interpreted.
Results: The results showed that the interviewed 26 people referred to various gastrointestinal diseases, which mostly used the limb.
Recommended applications/ industries: The indigenous people of the Semirom region had fairly large information of plant and medicinal plant in environments around them, especially among nomadic people, because they had to leave for three to four months a year due to changes in the seasons.

Keywords [فارسی]

  • Medicinal plant
  • Indigenous knowledge
  • Semirom
  • leaf

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Journal of Medicinal Herbs,
Volume 9, Issue 3
Winter 2019
Pages 139-144

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