Ethnobotany and traditional medicine in the Pamir
УДК 581.6(1-925.27)
Abstract
The article describes diversity of medicinal plants of the Pamir and their use in traditional medicine for the treatment of bone diseases - rheumatoid arthritis, arthrosis, radiculitis, bone fracture and others. Mainly, degenerative processes, cartilage tissue destruction or inflammation lead to these health issues. The research shows that more than 20 medicinal plants of the Pamir are widely used in ethno medicine as therapeutic agents for the above mentioned problems. Such plants like Chenopodium rubrum, Berberis iliensis, Equisetum arvense, Nepeta glutinosa, Artemisia sieversianus etc, some of which widely distributed in the Pamir, contain bioactive components that helpful for bone diseases. The eth-nobotanical studies helped us to show the value of these plants in traditional medicine of the Pamir. Based on the results, we recommend the plants for the further pharmacognostic and pharmacologic research as source of therapeutic agents and identification their potential for future use in medicine.
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