title: Folk medicine in Uzbekistan. I. Toshkent, Djizzax, and Samarqand provinces.
abstract: Uzbekistan is one of the Turcic republics in Central Asia where a desert continental climate mainly prevails in territories. Nevertheless, this expedition was carried out in the northeast and east higher lands, where flora is richer. The interviews were performed in seven villages of Toshkent and in neighboring provinces of Samarqand, Djizzax and at Urgut Bazaar of Samarqand. Altogether 177 folk remedies were recorded in the surveyed area. Among these folk remedies, 162 remedies were obtained from 79 different kinds of plant species that belong to 31 different families, whereas, 15 animal originated remedies that belong to 8 different animals are listed, which includes their vernacular and scientific names, indications and recipes for preparations.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Etiler 6330, Ankara, Turkey. esezik@gazi.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ekrem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sezik
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yesilada
authors.forename: Hüsnitdin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shadidoyatov
authors.forename: Zeynullah
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kulivey
authors.forename: Alim M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nigmatullaev
authors.forename: Hamdulla N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Aripov
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takaishi
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Gisho
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification*; D014610:Uzbekistan
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts