Description
Romanian ethnomedicinal knowledge extends as far back as the 16th century to the Geto-Dacian priests who used medicinal plants and practiced integrated holistic medicine. The ethnomedicine continued in monasteries by monks who used cultivated medicinal plants and wild harvested plants. There are now over 800 species of medicinal plants in Romania. An earlier work last century entitled “Pharmaceutical Botany: the Culture and Harvest of Pharmaceutical Plants” by Grinţescu refers to approximately 500 Romanian healing plants, although most of them are not recognized in modern medicine. There is clear evidence of ethnomedicine in this important region, particularly those that are endangered.
Features:
- Provides an understanding of indigenous plant-derived natural medicines of Romania
- Discusses selected plant families that are representative members of the most important medicinal plants in the region
- Includes discussions and critical views on the potential and challenges for further development of the selected plants in a modern setting
- Details the important plants and organizes the chapters based on either taxonomy or medical use
- Covers traditional and folk medicine of Romania
Table of Contents
Medicinal Plants of the Romanian Carpathian Mountains
1. Alliaceae
2. Amaryllidaceae
3. Apiaceae
4. Asteraceae
5. Boraginaceae
6. Caprifoliaceae
7. Caryophillaceae
8. Cistaceae
9. Corylaceae
10. Cupressaceae
11. Dipsacaceae
12. Corylaceae
13. Equisetaceae
14. Ericaceae
15. Euphorbiaceae
16. Fabaceae
17. Fungi
18. Gentianaceae
19. Hypericaceae
20. Lamiaceae
21. Liliaceae
22. Lycopodiaceae
23. Papaveraceae
24. Plantaginaceae
25. Polypodiaceae
26. Ranunculaceae
27. Rhamnaceae
28. Rosaceae
29. Rubiaceae
30. Saxifragaceae
31. Scrophulariaceae
32. Solanaceae
33. Thymelaceae
34. Violaceae
Regulatory aspects of Traditional Medicines and Commercial Products
