title: [The Ottoman pamphlet on rosmary "risale-i büberiye"].
abstract: Risale-i büberiye, a medical manuscript on rosmary, was written  in 1695 as a small medical pamphlet. In this pamphlet, the rosmary plant's structure, its special medical merits, various drugs prepared from this plant and the kind of diseases for which it is used, is studied.  Rosmary has been known since ancient times and had been u sed for curing several diseases such as headache, cold, flu, ear-nose-throat diseases, chest diseases (asthma, coughing, tuberculosis), gynecological, heart, liver, stomach and urinary bladder troubles. In addition it was also used as hair shampoo against lice. In the Turkish Pharmaceutical Code, leaves of rosmary and its etheric oil are used as medicine. Nowadays etheric oil products of rosmary are used in perfume production.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Değer
mesh_terms: D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic / Q000266:history*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014421:Turkey
vernacular_title: Risale-i Büberiye.