The best-selling medicinal plants of Khorramabad apothecary shop

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1 Lorestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Khorramabad, Iran.

2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

10.22091/ethc.2023.9680.1004

Abstract

Traditional medicine and use of medicinal plants in Lorestan province has a long history. Traditional healers (Attar) continue this job in a family and kinship manner and remain as an encyclopedia of medicinal plants in society. Popularity and common use of Medicinal plants for treatment of diseases, shows the effect of these species on the recovery of people. The aim of this study was to identify the most common medicinal plants purchased from Apothecaries in the city of Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province, from 2016 to 2017. Data were collected through questionnaires and personal interviews with 30 apothecary and sellers of medicinal plants in Khorramabad (18 men and 12 women). Information includes demographic characteristics of Healers, and properties of the most common and best-selling (very popular) medicinal plants. The selection of participanter in the interview was purposeful and the study was conducted in a Semi-structured method. The mean age of Healers participating in the interviews was 43.7 and their work experience was 13.8 years. 6/7% of Healers had a field of study related to medicinal plants. Based on the results, 32 The best-selling medicinal species was identified. The amount and species of medicinal plants used by individuals vary somewhat in different seasons of the year. Identifying and introducing this medicinal plants can be effective and strategic for those in charge of the pharmaceutical industry and the production of drugs based on herbal products.  Due to the existence of habitats and favorable climates in Lorestan, the study of the possibility and method of cultivation of Endemic and high-consumption medicinal plants can provide a major part of the province and country's need for medicinal species.

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