Ethnomedicinal survey on folk dermatology in Transylvania, Romania

Since beginning of recorded history up to the present day, dermatological disorders have been treated with ethnomedicinal remedies. The aim of this paper is to present ethnodermatological practices in Transylvania, Romania.Ethnomedicinal surveys were conducted in 35 villages in Transylvania (2007-2019). The 650 people interviewed were questioned about the treatment of dermatological disorders by drugs derived from plant, animal, human and other origin. Collected data have been compared to earlier records of the regions and other European countries, completed with relevant pharmacological studies of some plants.

Source: Clinics in Dermatology - July 29, 2022 Category: Dermatology Authors: N óra Papp, Dóra Czégényi, Mónika Tóth, Tünde Dénes, Sámuel Gergely Bartha, Rita Csepregi, Kinga Gyergyák, Péter Bukovics, Szilvia Stranczinger, Erzsébet Varga, Ádám Kindler-Matavovsky, Kata Birkás-Frendl, Rita Filep Source Type: research