Department of Dosage Form Technology, Riga Stradins University, 16 Dzirciema Str, Riga, LV-1007, Latvia; Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, 21 Aizkraukles Str, LV-1006, Riga, Latvia.
Department of Dosage Form Technology, Riga Stradins University, 16 Dzirciema Str, Riga, LV-1007, Latvia.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2020 Mar 1;249:112378. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2019.112378. Epub 2019 Nov 9.
The records of folk medicine present historical evidence of medicinal plant usage in the territory of Latvia and describe native and imported plants and plant products that were used as medicine.
To collect and analyse the ethnobotanical knowledge found in records of Latvian folk medicine available in the Archives of Latvian Folklore.
Following the International Classification of Primary Care, plant uses were grouped into one of the 17 categories based on the body systems and psychological and social problems. Each plant was identified by its scientific name according to The Plant List website. Additionally, the plant parts used, dosage forms of herbal medicines and routes of administration were analysed.
In total, 211 genera belonging to 71 families were mentioned in the analysed materials. The most common health conditions were digestive system disorders, respiratory system disorders and skin disorders. The plant families with the largest number of taxa were Asteraceae, Rosaceae, Lamiaceae, and Apiaceae. The most frequently mentioned native plant taxa were Achillea millefolium L., Matricaria chamomilla L., Allium cepa L., Artemisia absinthium L., and Plantago sp. L. Leaves and flowers were the most commonly used parts, and herbal tea was the most common dosage form. Only 59 out of 211 taxa mentioned in this study are included in the official herbal monographs of the European Medicines Agency.
One hundred and fifty-two plant taxa mentioned in the records of Latvian folk medicine are not included in the European Union herbal monographs providing scientific information on the safety and efficacy and deserve further exploration as traditional herbal medicines.
民间医学记录提供了拉脱维亚领土内药用植物使用的历史证据，并描述了作为药物使用的本地和进口植物及植物产品。
收集和分析拉脱维亚民间医学记录中在拉脱维亚民俗档案馆保存的民族植物学知识。
根据初级保健的国际分类，根据身体系统和心理和社会问题，将植物用途分为 17 类中的一类。根据 The Plant List 网站，每种植物都用其学名来识别。此外，还分析了所用植物部位、草药剂型和给药途径。
在所分析的材料中，共提到了 211 属，隶属于 71 科。最常见的健康状况是消化系统疾病、呼吸系统疾病和皮肤病。科中含有最多分类群的植物科是菊科、蔷薇科、唇形科和伞形科。最常提到的本地植物分类群是千里光（Achillea millefolium L.）、母菊（Matricaria chamomilla L.）、洋葱（Allium cepa L.）、苦艾（Artemisia absinthium L.）和车前草（Plantago sp. L.）。最常用的植物部位是叶和花，最常用的剂型是草药茶。在本研究中提到的 211 个分类群中，只有 59 个被列入欧洲药品管理局的官方草药专论，提供了安全性和疗效的科学信息。
民间医学记录中提到的 152 种植物分类群未被列入欧盟草药专论，为传统草药提供了安全性和疗效的科学信息，值得进一步探索。
