The villages of Ilıca District in Erzurum Province, Turkey, were surveyed in terms of plants and animals used traditionally for medicinal purposes. Plants were compiled according to their families, botanical names, local names, usages, and applications. | U. ÖZGEN, Y. KAYA, P. HOUGHTON Turk J Biol 36 (2012) 93-106 © TÜBİTAK doi: Folk medicines in the villages of Ilıca District (Erzurum, Turkey) Ufuk ÖZGEN1, Yusuf KAYA2, Peter HOUGHTON3 1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Atatürk University, Erzurum - TURKEY 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Atatürk University, Erzurum - TURKEY 3 Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, King’s College, University of London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 8WA - UK Received: Abstract: The villages of Ilıca District in Erzurum Province, Turkey, were surveyed in terms of plants and animals used traditionally for medicinal purposes. Plants were compiled according to their families, botanical names, local names, usages, and applications. A total of 70 plant species belonging to 29 families are used by village people to treat a wide range of complaints, such as hemorrhoids, urinary system infections, stomach disorders, respiratory diseases, skin diseases, rheumatism, and jaundice. In addition, 3 animal species are used for the treatment of some diseases. The collected data were compared with those formerly recorded. Key words: Folk medicine, Ilıca District, Erzurum, Turkey Ilıca (Erzurum, Türkiye) köylerinde halk ilaçları Özet: Erzurum İline bağlı Ilıca ilçesinin köyleri geleneksel olarak tedavi amacıyla kullanılan bitki ve hayvanlar bakımından araştırılmıştır. Tedavide kullanılan bitkilerin familyaları, latince isimleri, yöresel isimleri, kullanımları ve uygulama şekilleri verilmiştir. Köy halkı tarafından, 29 familyaya ait 70 tür, romatizma, deri hastalıkları, solunum hastalıkları, mide rahatsızlıkları, üriner sistem enfeksiyonları ve hemoroit gibi rahatsızlıklarda kullanılmaktadır. Ayrıca, 3 hayvan türü bazı hastalıkların tedavisinde kullanılmaktadır. Elde edilen bilgiler, ülkemizde yapılan benzer çalışmalarda daha önce elde edilen bilgilerle karşılaştırılmıştır. Anahtar sözcükler: Halk ilacı, Ilıca
