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Table 8 Other traditional uses of plants suggested by farmers

From: Traditional knowledge about plant, animal, and mineral-based remedies to treat cattle, pigs, horses, and other domestic animals in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia

Materials

Uses

Areas

Tree wormwood (Artemisia arborescens) flowers

To prepare spirits

Anglona

Ivy (Hedera helix)

Given to cows after giving birth

Barbagia di Nuoro

Wheat (Triticum durum) bran

Given to pigs as feed

Gallura

Albanian spurge (Euphorbia characias) stems

Stems used for catching eels

Sassarese