J Ethnopharmacol. 1993 May; 39(1): 31-8.

Traditional medicine in Turkey. IV. Folk medicine in the Mediterranean subdivision.

YeÅilada E, Honda G, Sezik E, Tabata M, Goto K, Ikeshiro Y.

Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara, Turkey.

The traditional utilization of plants as medicine in the Mediterranean region has been investigated. Field surveys were carried out among the people who live in the Taurus Mountains. Sixty-nine medicinal plants have been identified, which are listed with the vernacular names, the parts used, the methods of preparing the drugs and their traditional usages.