Volume 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1744-1748
Federal State Autonomous Educational
Institution of Higher Education, National Research Tomsk State
University, Lenin Ave., 36, Tomsk, Russian Federation
Abstract
Nowadays there is an
increasing interest to such an area of medicine as homeopathy. In this
regard, the study of medicinal plants used in homeopathy is of great
current interest. The search for new species that can be used in
homeopathy is still continuing. The aim of our study was to identify
Siberian poisonous plants, which could be used in homeopathy, basing on
the author's own research and literature data. The conducted research
allowed us to draw a list of poisonous plants of Siberia, used in
homeopathy. The list includes 23 species, listed in Latin, with the
indication of homeopathic raw materials, area of medicine and the
diseases which can be treated applying this species in homeopathy. The
author conducted field studies of medicinal plants, including poisonous
plants, in Siberia, the Kuznetsk Alatau, in particular. To select the
material, the technique of regular laying the key sites and a network of
expedition routes were used. In most cases, namely in 17 species, the
whole plant can be used as the source of raw material. The underground
part alone is used in two species. The aboveground part alone is also
used in two species. Most poisonous plants (14 species) are not listed
in scientific medicine and are used in traditional medicine and
homeopathy. 9 species of poisonous Siberian plants are used in
scientific and traditional medicine and homeopathy. Poisonous plants
used in homeopathy are applied in treating a variety of diseases, both
of mental and somatic nature. The author hopes to continue research in
this area to expand the list of species used in homeopathy to help
people cope with various diseases which are not always successfully
treated by the methods used in conventional medicine.
Author keywords
Homeopathy; Poisonous plants
Indexed keywords
EMTREE medical terms: Adonis vernalis; Article; Asarum
europaeum; Caltha palustris; Chelidonium; Cicuta virosa; comfrey;
Conium; Convallaria; Daphne mezereum; Datura stramonium; Dryopteris
filix; flower; homeopathy; Hyoscyamus; medical literature; medical
research; medicinal plant; Paeonia anomala; Paris quadrifolia; plant
leaf; plant root; plant seed; poisonous plant; Pulsatilla flavescens;
Ranunculus acris; Rhododendron aureum; Russian Federation; Scrophularia
nodosa; Sedum acre; Solanum dulcamara; Solanum nigrum; Tanacetum vulgare; traditional medicine; treatment indication