Extending the temporal context of ethnobotanical databases: the case study of the Campania region (southern Italy)

De Natale, Antonino; Pezzatti, Gianni Boris; Pollio, Antonino

doi:10.1186/1746-4269-5-7

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 5 Campanian ethnopharmacological uses of Adiantum capillus-veneris L., Artemisia absinthium L. and Parietaria judaica L. in medical treatises writtten in different historical periods.

From: Extending the temporal context of ethnobotanical databases: the case study of the Campania region (southern Italy)

	Affection	Part(s) of plant	Preparation	Occurrence in XIX-XXI century TK of Campania
*Adiantum capillus-veneris* L.
Corpus Hippocraticum	diuretic	aerial part	decoction
	jaundice	aerial part	potion
	to promote menses	aerial part	potion	○
	uterine affection	aerial part	potion
	against leucorrhaea	aerial part	potion with wine
	rectum prolapsus	aerial part	local application
	to relieve partum complaints	aerial part	potion
	to easy placenta expulsion	aerial part	potion
	to facilitate the conception	aerial part	local fumigation
Dioscorides	against asthma	aerial part	decoction	○
	jaundice	aerial part	decoction
	mycosis	aerial part	decoction
	lithiasis and related affections	aerial part	decoction
	against diarrhoea	aerial part	decoction
	gynecological affections	aerial part	potion with wine	○
	emmenagogue	aerial part	potion with wine	○
	against hair losses	aerial part	local application, also in mixture with laudanum, hyssop and honey	●
	against alopaecia	aerial part	local application	●
	skin affections	aerial part	local application	●
Pliny	affections of the liver and spleen	aerial part	decoction
	against asthma	aerial part	decoction
	against excoriations of infants	aerial part	liniment combined with rose-oil, local application
	against head-ache	aerial part	local application
	antidote to the venom of serpents and spiders	aerial part	local application
	anti-hæmorrhagic	aerial part	potion with vinegar
	calculi of the bladder	aerial part	potion
	diuretic	aerial part	potion with wine
	expulsion of after-birth, emmenagogue	aerial part	potion	○
	looseness of the bowels	aerial part	decoction in wine
	skin affections	aerial part	local application	○
	strangury and affections of the kidneys	aerial part	liniment, local application
Pseudo Apuleius	abdominal pain	leaves	wine potion with coriander and pepper seeds	○
Petagna	respiratory system affections	aerial part	infusion, sirup	●
*Artemisia absinthium* L.
Corpus Hippocraticum	against sterility	aerial part	not described
	emmenagogue	aerial part	local application, macerated in white wine
	jaundice	aerial part	not described
	opistotonus (neck rigidity)	aerial part	not described
	post partum affections	aerial part	infusion
	uterine affections	aerial part	local application
Dioscorides	against animal bites or poisonous plants	aerial part	wine potion
	against mosquito bites	aerial part	poultice mixed with oil
	dropsy and spleen pains	aerial part	poultice with Cyprus ointment
	ear and tooth pains	aerial part	decoction
	eye affections	aerial part	local application: the plant mixed with oil or honey
	jaundice, inappetence	aerial part	decoction
	sore throat	aerial part	ointment with figs soda and rye-grass flour
	stomach and visceral pains	aerial part	poultice (topic application) or potion
	tonic	aerial part	wine potion
Pliny	antidote to animal and plant poisons	aerial part	potion with vinegar or wine
	antihelmintic	aerial part	potion of the extracted juice	●
	diuretic	aerial part	potion with gallic nard
	ear affections	aerial part	decoction, local application or liniment of the plant bruised with honey	●
	emmenagogue	aerial part	taken with honey or employed as a pessary
	eye affections	aerial part	local application, with raisin wine or honey
	jaundice	aerial part	eaten raw, with parsley or adiantum
	liver complaints	aerial part	potion with gallic nard	○
	iliac regions affection	aerial part	plaster with Cyprian wax or figs
	purgative	seeds	potion with sea water and honey
	sea sickness	aerial part	potion drunken as a preventive
	skin affections	aerial part	water infusion
	spleen diseases	aerial part	potion with vinegar and figs
	stomach affections	aerial part	decoction, or raw with rue, pepper, and salt
	to dispel nausea and flatulency	aerial part	potion with the addition of sile, gallic narde and a little vinegar
	tonic	aerial part	decoction	○
	wounds	aerial part	local application	●
Pseudo Apuleius	not reported	----	--------
Petagna	hypochondria, hysteria	leaves	extract through the soap	○
	To stimulate liver function	leaves	extract through the soap	○
	against malaria	----	1/2 spoon of juice of the plant with clove in wine	●
	against scurvy	leaves	infusion
	against dropsy	leaves	infusion
	antihelmintic	leaves	1 spoon of essence	●
	headache		Powdered leaves mixed with sugar, or infusion of diluted wine
	eyes inflammation		powder of leaves mixed with sugar, or infusion of diluted wine	●
	edemata	leaves	fresh leaves
	gangrene	leaves	boiled in the sea water
*Parietaria judaica* L.
Corpus Hippocraticum	abortive	leaves	potion
Dioscorides	skin affection	leaves	local application	●
	glandular inflammation	leaves	local application
	oedema	leaves	local application
	ulcerations	leaves	juice and white lead ointment
	sore throat	leaves	ointment or juice gargle
	earache	leaves	ointment with rose oil
	cough	leaves	juice
Pliny	for suppurated abscesses	leaves	the juice taken warm
	to cure convulsions	leaves	the juice taken warm
	to cure ruptures, bruises	leaves	the juice taken warm	●
Pseudo Apuleius	gout	aerial part	decoction mixed with pork fat and applied on foots or knee
Petagna	emollient	leaves	juice, decoction with bearberry
	resolvent	leaves	juice, decoction with bearberry	○
	diuretic	leaves	juice, decoction with bearberry	○

The black dots indicate the same medicinal aims use while the white dots similar use.

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