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Table 2 Extraction procedure to prepare homemade single-species herbal remedy reports (HSHR): 145 HSHR from German speaking Cantons (GeC‐HSHR) named by 31 farmers

From: Swiss ethnoveterinary knowledge on medicinal plants – a within-country comparison of Italian speaking regions with north-western German speaking regions

Botanical family

Plant species witch ≥ 3 named GeC‐HSHR

 

On farm extraction procedure

(Number of named plants species in this family)

(Number indicate the frequency of mentioned 145 GeC‐HSHR)

CP

None

Water

Alcohol

Oil/Fat

    

Room temperature

Infusion

Decoction

Room temperature

Room temperature

Heated up

Asteraceae (5)

all Asteraceae (36)

5

1

 

13

7

3

3

4

 Matricaria recutita L. (18)

        

  Flos (15)

1

  

8

5

1

  

  Herba (3)

   

2

1

   

 Calendula officinalis L. (8)

        

  Flos (8)

1

     

3

4

 Arnica montana L. (5)

        

  Flos (5)

3

    

2

  

 Achillea millefolium L. agg. (4)

        

  Herba (3)

 

1

 

2

    

  Flos (1)

    

1

   

other Asteraceae1 (1)

   

1

    

Rubiaceae (1)

 Coffea spp (9)

        

  Semen (9)

   

9

    

Boraginaceae (1)

 Symphytum officinale L. agg. (9)

        

  Radix (8)

4

   

1

1

 

2

  Folium (1)

 

1

      

Urticaceae (1)

 Urtica dioica L. agg. (8)

        

  Herba (4)

 

4

      

  Folium (4)

 

3

 

1

    

Fagaceae (1)

 Quercus robur L. agg. (7)

        

  Cortex (7)

 

4

 

2

1

   

Lamiaceae (2)

all Lamiaceae (7)

1

3

 

3

    

 Thymus vulgaris L. (6)

        

  Herba (6)

 

3

 

3

    

other Lamiaceae2 (1)

1

       

Rosaceae (4)

all Rosaceae (7)

 

2

2

1

1

1

  

  Potentilla erecta (L.) Raeusch agg. (3).

        

  Rhizoma (3)

  

2 a

  

1

  

other Rosaceae3 (4)

 

2

 

1

1

   

Rhamnaceae (1)

 Rhamnus cathartica L. (8)

        

  Herba (8)

 

8

      

Polygonaceae (1)

 Rumex obtusifolius L. agg. (6)

        

  Radix (3)

    

3

   

  Folium (2)

     

1

1

 

  Herba cum radice (1)

 

1

      

Theaceae (1)

  Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. (5)

        

  Folium (5)

   

5

    

Brassicaceae (2)

all Brassicaceae (5)

 

4

 

1

    

  Armoracia rusticana P. Gaertn. & al. (4)

        

  Radix (4)

 

3

 

1

    

other Brassicaceae4 (1)

 

1

      

Hypericaceae (1)

 Hypericum perforatum L. agg. (3)

        

  Flos (2)

      

2

 

  Herba (1)

      

1

 

Linaceae (1)

 Linum usitatissimum L. agg. (3)

        

  Semen (3)

 

1

  

2

   

Berberidaceae (1)

 Berberis vulgaris L. (3)

        
 

  Herba (3)

 

3

      

Others (20)

other plant species 5 (29)

4

8

2

4

6

 

2

3

Total (43)

 

14

43

4

39

21

6

9

9

  1. 1Asteraceae (1): Artemisia absinthium L. (1); 2Lamiaceae (1): Origanum vulgare L. agg. (1); 3 Rosaceae (3): Alchemilla mollis (Buser) Rothm. (2), Malus domestica Borkh. (1), Potentilla anserina L. (1); 4Brassicaceae (1): Capsella bursa‐pastoris (L.) Medikus agg. (1); 5 Pinaceae (2): Abies alba Mill. (2), Picea abies (L.) H. Karst. (2), Malvaceae (2): Althaea officinalis L. (2), Malva sylvestris L. (1), Apiaceae (2): Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (2), Carum carvi L. (1), Cannabaceae (1): Cannabis sativa L. (2), Aspidiaceae (1): Dryopteris filix‐mas L. (2), Araliaceae (1): Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer (2), Lauraceae (2): Laurus nobilis (1), Cinnamomum camphora L. (1), Poaceae (1): Avena sativa L. (2), Scrophulariaceae (1): Euphrasia officinalis L. (2), Juglandaceae (1): Juglans regia L. (1), Ericaceae (1): Arctostaphylos uva‐ursi (L.) Sprengel (1), Caprifoliaceae (1): Sambucus nigra L. (1), Xanthorrhoeaceae (1): Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. (1), Papaveraceae (1): Chelidonium majus L. (1), Rutaceae (1): Citrus x limon (L.) Burm.f. (1), Liliaceae (1): Allium cepa L. (1) a Rosaceae; Potentilla erecta (L.) Raeusch. agg.: 1x extraction with milk
  2. CP: commercial products
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

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