Ethnopharmacological application of common agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria) in the Pirot County (Serbia)

Etnobotanika 1 (2021), str. 1-16

AUTOR(I): Marija Marković, Dejan Pljevljakušić, Vesna Stankov Jovanović 

E-ADRESA: marijam@pmf.ni.ac.rs

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DOI: 10.46793/EtnBot21.01M

SAŽETAK:

Agrimonia eupatoria is perennial herbaceous plant from family Rosaceae, characterized by pinnate leaves, and yellow spike-like racemose inflorescences. It flowers from June to September, and above ground part of plants are collected for medicinal purposes.

Survey on participants’ knowledge and use of medicinal plants in the Pirot County was carried in the form of interviews in four municipalities: Pirot, Babušnica, Bela Palanka and Dimitrovgrad.

Out of the total number of respondents, which amounted to 631, it was noted that 34 people knew the use of common agrimony. The largest number of respondents mentioned common agrimony against the group of urinary diseases (19 reports). A small number of respondents have mentioned the use against prostate disease (6 reports) and treatment of wounds (5 reports). Five reports against the group of digestive tract diseases were recorded. The results were compared with other ethnopharmacological studies from Serbia and the Balkan Peninsula. The following applications of common agrimony were not mentioned in previous ethnopharmacological investigations in Serbia and Balkan Peninsula: for circulation, for the heart, against varicose veins, catarrh of the stomach, for colon, for the stomach, bile, liver, prostate disease, against kidney and urinary tract sand, and diseases of internal organs.

KLJUČNE REČI:

common agrimony, traditional use, Pirot County

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