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Use of Mandrake in Pamir’s Traditional Medicine (based on Field Research Materials)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The article analyzes documented usage of mandrake plant in traditional medicine practiced in the Pamir. It is revealed that medicinal properties of the mandrake in Pamir were never discovered or officially described by botanists either in the Soviet or sovereign Tajikistan. However, field research among Pamir’s traditional healers and data from written sources indicate that mandrake was used in folk medicine. The article describes the plant’s places of growth, characteristics, methods of collection and use for treatment of various diseases.

Source: Vestnik Altaiskogo Gosudarstvennogo Pedagogiceskogo Universiteta

DOI: 10.37386/2413-4481-2025-1-69-74

Authors: Gulnoz I. Zanjirbekova, Yulia N. Tsyryapkina

Institution: Altai State Pedagogical University

Language: English

Topic: Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4408461224

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