Tsioutsiou Efthymia Eleni, Cheilari Antigoni, Aligiannis Nektarios
Department of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografou, Greece.
Front Pharmacol. 2023 Jul 31;14:1225580. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1225580. eCollection 2023.
Throughout centuries, traditional herbal medicine and the employment of medicinal plants have constituted an important tool for the treatment and prevention of numerous diseases. The present study focuses on the collection of ethnopharmacological data regarding the uses of medicinal plants for the treatment of dermatological ailments in various villages of Mount Pelion, Greece. More specifically, the study area is represented by the city of Volos and villages located in Central West Pelion and has not been investigated up to now. The information on the medicinal uses of the various species was obtained through extensive semi-structured interviews or the completion of specific questionnaires by the informants. Although the Covid-19 pandemic caused difficulties and obstacles in carrying out this research procedure, 60 informants were recruited and interviewed (36 women and 24 men). Their age range was between 31 and 97 years and their educational level was characterized by great diversity (primary, secondary, and higher education). The elaboration of the gathered information included the calculation of some quantitative indices, such as Fidelity Level (FL), and Informant Consensus Factor (FIC). Moreover, the relative importance of each reported species was identified by calculating the Use Value (UV). The interviews revealed 38 plant taxa belonging to 27 plant families reported to be used in the study area exclusively against skin diseases. The plant family mostly mentioned by the informants was Hypericaceae, followed by Plantaginaceae and Amaryllidaceae, while among the most popular methods of application are cataplasms, compresses, and topical application of decoction or raw plant material. Some of the most cited species are L., L., and sp., traditionally used to treat skin problems such as eczema, wounds, and insect stings. The present ethnopharmacological study is the first documentation of ethnobotanical knowledge of this area that points out the traditional uses of medicinal plants against skin ailments.
几个世纪以来，传统草药和药用植物的使用一直是治疗和预防多种疾病的重要手段。本研究聚焦于收集有关希腊佩利翁山各村庄药用植物用于治疗皮肤病的民族药理学数据。更具体地说，研究区域以沃洛斯市以及位于佩利翁中西部的村庄为代表，迄今为止尚未对此进行过调查。关于各种植物药用用途的信息是通过广泛的半结构化访谈或由被调查者填写特定问卷获得的。尽管新冠疫情给开展这一研究过程带来了困难和障碍，但仍招募并采访了60名被调查者（36名女性和24名男性）。他们的年龄在31岁至97岁之间，教育水平差异很大（小学、中学和高等教育）。对收集到的信息进行整理包括计算一些定量指标，如可信度水平（FL）和信息提供者共识因子（FIC）。此外，通过计算使用价值（UV）来确定每种报告植物的相对重要性。访谈揭示了研究区域内有38个植物分类群，属于27个植物科，据报道仅用于治疗皮肤病。被调查者提及最多的植物科是金丝桃科，其次是车前草科和石蒜科，而最常用的应用方法包括敷剂、湿敷以及煎剂或生植物材料的局部应用。一些被提及最多的物种是 L.、 L. 和 sp.，传统上用于治疗湿疹、伤口和昆虫叮咬等皮肤问题。本民族药理学研究首次记录了该地区的民族植物学知识，指出了药用植物对皮肤疾病的传统用途。
